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Bracelets and anklet, India

Posted by Jose M. Pery on July 7, 2015 at 6:35pm

Bracelets and anklet, India

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Betty July 7, 2015 at 9:34pm

Beautiful items and photo, Jose!
ingrid Langerak July 8, 2015 at 12:12am

Very impressive and unusual. All three of them. Makes good defensive weapons as well.
Preethi July 8, 2015 at 10:05am

Nice group, Jose. I especially like the Gujarati gokhru. Very curious about that beautiful face/mask! Is that bail on top? Is this a huge pendant?
Alaa eddine SAGID July 8, 2015 at 12:50pm

I think that this mask is a temple statue jewelry . I have seen a huge one strung on a silver chain lately.

Very nice group
Chantal July 8, 2015 at 3:19pm

Great photo.
Jose M. Pery July 8, 2015 at 7:01pm

Thank you very much. I have very few Indian pieces as I am more on pieces from other areas. The mask is about 16x11x4 cm and the bail is rather some sort of hook. It looks like it was meant to decorate a wall or, as Alaa suggests, as some sort of decoration at a temple. I do not really know.
Preethi July 9, 2015 at 9:43am

Alaa, of course - that's very likely what the mask is. They're not easy to come by I would think! I'm still curious about that bail....These masks are used over the face of temple idols, together with other covers in silver - body armour for instance. I thought these were placed over the face of the idol and then held in place with fabric or thread, or perhaps also temple jewellery.
Eva Baby July 9, 2015 at 2:59pm

Beautiful items and gorgeous photo!
Jose M. Pery July 9, 2015 at 7:48pm

Thank you, Eva. @Preethi - here you have a pic of the bail (hook) of the mask