Jhumar (hair ornament)

From about 1890 Mrs. Bhagwan Kaur, Punjab, India, from about 1890 [1] To 1989 Ms. Rajinder K. Keith and and Ms. Narinder K. Keith, Washington, DC, by descent from Mrs. Bhagwan Kaur, to 1988 [2] From 1989 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Ms. Rajinder K. Keith and and Ms. Narinder K. Keith in 1988 Notes: [1] These ornaments were made in c. 1890 for Mrs. Bhagwan Kaur, wife of Sardar Thakur Singh Keith, a Revenue Officer in the state of Punjab. They were then handed down to her daughter-in-law, and eventually to her grand-daughters (the donors) who now reside in the Washington area. For more family history, see object file S1988.53. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Arts of Mughal India (1992) (May 24 to December 6, 1992) Mrs. Bhagwan Kaur Rajinder Kaur Keith Narinder Kaur Keith