Hair Pin

National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy

Title : Hair Pin

Accession No : 59/7/1254

This is a hair pin shaped like a gada (mace). It has a round shaped head with a handle, which is eventually pointed at the end. There is a kalash like structure on the head of the pin.

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Provenance

  • StateSouth India

Dimensions

  • Measurement (CMS)21.2 x 3.1

Significance

  • Socio economicThis is a utility item.

Description

  • DescriptionThis is a hair pin shaped like a gada (mace). It has a round shaped head with a handle, which is eventually pointed at the end. There is a kalash like structure on the head of the pin.
  • Inscription/Markings No
  • Reference" S.D. Trivedi, U.C. Dwivedi, ed. Metallic Art of India. New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House, 2009. Chattopadhaya, Kamaladevi. Handicrafts of India. New Delhi: Indian Council for Cultural Research, 1975. Jain, Jyotindra and Aarti Aggarwala. National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 1989. "
  • KeywordDoor, Knob, Metal