A fusion of India and Afghanistan

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Posted by mathur gunjan on August 3, 2014 at 11:07am

The beads are very old and original Afghani and the pendant from Rajasthan from my home town....

Thelma August 3, 2014 at 8:30pm

Hello Mathur. This is a very interesting pendant. It looks like an elephant and an arm. Does it have a meaning?
Anjali August 4, 2014 at 3:40am

Could the beads have been thimbles at one point?

The pendant does look like an elephant face to me, too.
Eva Baby August 4, 2014 at 6:19am

an interesting necklace! I agree with Thelma and Anjali, the pendant Looks like an elephants face (Ganesh?) - perhaps an amulet for protection?
mathur gunjan August 4, 2014 at 11:44am

Hi Thelma,Eva & Anjali :D ,pleased to have your comments and honored to answer,i'm a dealer and an exporter of antique silver and gold jewelery and we also do the fusion of jewelry,design something unique out of them and i can understand why it made you all feel like that,but if you have noticed the trunk,it has a silver ball(that indicates,according to the Hindu Religion,lord ganesh has always got a sweet in his left hand,which shows that you don't have to cook any sweet for him) and through there we got this indication that it is the face of lord ganesh and Eva lord ganesh is the god of luck and good health......
Frankie Carter August 7, 2014 at 9:41am

Really nice - the Afghan beads look like thimbles, even down to the indentations around the tops. Interesting.

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