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
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
Source: ebay, Sept. 2007
"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."
The photographer called this one "Bejeweled, India" (1935)
Source: ebay, May 2007
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