Silver-wire torque, neckring
Silver-wire torque, neckring
Silver-wire torque, neckring
Silver-wire torque, neckring
Silver-wire torque, neckring

Silver-wire torque, neckring

Regular price
€900,00
Sale price
€900,00
Tax included.

This very special torque, made by silversmiths who mastered the difficult technique of spiraling a silver wire, was worn by women belonging to the Rabari tribe in Gujarat, India. They called it ‘hasli’.

It measures 18,7 x 18,5 cm and weighs 402 gram. The top of the necklace bears a silver mark “B.V” . First half of the 20th century.

Further reading

.France Borel,The Splendour of Ethnic Jewelry, London 1994, p 135

.Oppi Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, London 1997, p 229

.Ethnic Jewellery from Africa, Asia and Pacific Islands, Singapore 2012, p 128

.Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter, Asian Jewellery, Milano 2011, p 101

 

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