Enamel arm-bands with dangling tassels (1800's)

Source: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lfsearch/LotDescription.aspx?intObjectId=4893891
(downloaded Apr. 2007)

"A PAIR OF ENAMEL ARM BANDS, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY. Formed by a series of interlocking sections, attached at either end with cotton and wire ropes with tassels and bells, the bracelets and tassels with cobalt blue and green enamel - loop 10in. (25.5cm.) long."


Ornate gold earrings from Gujarat, c. late 1800's; *a side view*

Source: ebay, May 2007


"Marwarees, Bombay," an early *studio photo*, exact date unknown; *a closeup of the woman*; *a closeup of the woman's feet*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2007


*"Brahmin Girl," an early studio photo, provenance unknown*; *a photo of "a Sinhalese girl," c.1880's*

Source: ebay, May 2007






A pair of heavy silver ankle bracelets, c.1800's

Source: ebay, May 2011


Bronze ankle-bracelets in tribal Bastar style, from Madhya Pradesh or Orissa, late 1800's

Source: ebay, May 2007


Naga earrings, probably from the Konyak tribe, c. late 1800's

Source: ebay, July 2007



*A girl with adornments, in a studio photo from 1870*

Source: ebay, Sept. 2007





A chased silver comb with a rock-crystal handle and a silver chain, 1800's; *a silver comb that includes a perfume container*

Source: ebay, May 2009


"Foot of an Indian Princess," from 'India / The Passion Play', by John L. Stoddard, 1897-1900

Source: ebay, Apr. 2007


A heavy gold bracelet, c.1900

Source: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lfsearch/LotDescription.aspx?intObjectId=4893893
(downloaded Apr. 2007)

"A RUBY INSET GOLD BRACELET, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900. Of circular form with confronting dragon heads with ruby eyes their mouth around an orb which hides the clasp, the whole chased and engraved with flowers and leaves, hinged - 2 5/8in. (7cm.) diam."






An elaborate traditional Indo-Muslim lahnga: *detail 1*; *detail 2*; *detail 3*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2011




North India, early 1900's

Source: ebay, Dec. 2008

Pochoir prints of South Asian women's attire, from a French encyclopedia of women's dress around the world, 1922: *one*; *two*; *three*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2010


The photographer called this one "Bejeweled, India" (1935)

Source: ebay, May 2007


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