Hansuli
Title Hansuli
Accession Number 49.262/38
Title2 Torque
Museum Name National Museum, New Delhi
Gallery Name Jewellery
Object Type Jewellery
Main Material Gold
Manufacturing Technique Hand made
Country India
Provenance Taxila
Origin Place Sirkap,Taxila
Find Place Taxila
Style Taxila
Period / Year of Work c. 1st cent. CE
Dimensions Dia: 14 cms.
Brief Description

The hollow gold torque of beaten sheet gold over a lac core with trumpet-shaped ends in front. Formed of two semi circles increasing in diameter towards the end is united at the narrow ends by tenon-and-socket hinge and a (push) fastener at the trumpet-shaped ends.