On our recent trip to Boston, we saw this Pakistani jewellery set on display in a Museum there. Do you want to take a guess on how did this set reach Boston from Pakistan?
Hint: Think Presidential! By the way this jewellery set consists of gold, pearls and other gemstones.
I’ll share the name of the museum, and other details about this in a few of days.
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Gardezi saheb. The word Boston is not a trick. This set is indeed on display in a Boston museum.
I do not know. But I suspect that the Boston in the headline is a trick to distract us.
But it is an impressive set and looks old.
My guess is that this was a gift given to John F. Kennedy when he was president of the US during his trip to Pakistan, maybe by Ayub Khan or some ruler of a princely state, and it is now on display at the JFK Library and Museum.
Prof. Adil najam thought it would be pretty tacky to wear something like this in parties.
The FIne Arts Museum in Boston has a big Islamic Art collection, maybe this is part of that?