Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 WCP-WCP/1-WCP/1/38
Title
List of jewels & ornaments found in the coffer at Piprahwa
Date(s)
- 1898 (Creation)
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Scope and content
"List of jewels & ornaments (placed in the vases) found in the coffer excavated at Piprawah Kot Birdpore Estate Basti District N.K.P. placed at the disposal of the Government by Mr W.C. Peppé, agent and representative of the Proprietors of the Birdpore Estate. and made over by him to the Imperial Museum Calcutta on the June 1898." Draft lists of items found. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated June 1898.
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Language of material
- English