Pair of Anklets

Elite ladies often wore anklets made of silver or gold-plated silver, similar to the pearl examples seen in the illustration of Ragini Ramkali also in the collection (1939.543). With movement, the bells would chime and announce the wearer’s presence. A variant of these anklets, with larger metallic bells, were worn by dancers as a musical instrument with which to match the rhythm of the percussion that accompanied their performance.