Silver & Ceremony from South & Southeast Asia 1830-1930: The Harish K. Patel Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art

Silver elevates use, not only for the diverse religious rituals of Southern Asia, but also consumption of and access to then—new items: photographs, colored prints, mirrors, railways, and automobiles; newly invented or trans—planted foods including teas and coffees, Indian pale ale, punch, antipodean wines, milk products, relishe...