Pair of Earrings and Two Hair Ornaments

anonymous, c. 1750

These jewels are part of an ensemble collected by Julius Stein van Gollenesse, director-general of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) in Batavia (now Jakarta). Attached to the top of the ornament in the shape of a horizontal crescent moon is a tiny eye. A pearl necklace would have been affixed to it, and the jewel then pinned in the hair so that it would fall in the middle of the forehead. The round ornament was worn on the side of the head.

  • Artwork typejewellery, voorhoofdsieraad
  • Object numberAK-NM-7060
  • Dimensionsheight 4.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgold, pearls, precious stones

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Forehead Jewel (tika)
    • Pair of Earrings and Two Hair Ornaments

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-NM-7060

  • Description

    Een voorhoofdversiersel (tika) in de vorm van een gouden liggende halve maan, waarin een tros juwelen. Alles is ingelegd met rode en groene steentjes en diamantsplinters. Aan de halve maan hangen negen parels.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Surat

  • Dating

    c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    gold, pearls, precious stones

  • Dimensions

    height 4.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • Documentatiemap
    • P. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Rich Remains from Social Anthropological Fieldwork in Eighteenth-Century India, uit: Journal of the history of collections, 8, 1996, 1, pagina 71-91

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