An anklet. The jewel has no lock and is made of two strands of metal wire, which are strung with eight decorative elements (charms), shaped like bulbs, separated with little bells that jingle as a woman moves. On both sides of the leg opening there is a flower and a peacock. It is mostly used for performing rituals and as an indicator of the social class of the wearer.
Anklet (payal) – jewelry to be worn on the ankle
India ,
1947
МЗСБ КП 3429 П 180
3,2 х 10 х 13 cm
brass, casting, bending, assembly
A gift from the All-India Student Federation to Stalingrad youth
See also
Sculpture “Warrior and Worker” on a stand
Czechoslovakia ,
1970, May
Sculpture “Warrior and Worker” on a stand
It reproduces a fragment of the monument to the soldiers of the Soviet Army in Ostrava.
A gift from the workers of the Ostrava delegation to Volgograd during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia, May 1970.
Ostrava
A plaque with the appeal in verses by Piero Calamandrei “Monument to Shame.”
Italy ,
1975
A plaque with the appeal in verses by Piero Calamandrei “Monument to Shame.”
The author writes, “you will have, comrade Kesselring, the monument you demand from us Italians, but it is up to us to decide what stones it will be built of... and the name of those stones is now and forever Resistance”; the poem was written on December 4, 1952 after the statement was made by A. Kesselring that Italians must erect a monument dedicated to him