Nose rings of India
By
Waltraud Ganguly
Periodical
0
Serial
14110
Publisher
B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi
Description
132
ISBN / ISSN No.
9789350502198
Subject
1. Nose rings -- India -- History; 2. Nose rings -- India; 3. Ethnic jewelry -- India.
Summay
Nose rings have through the ages been worn all the over the world. The piercing of the nose is often of a ritual character. The reasons for wearing nose rings are manifold. Some aboriginal tribes used bone or boar tusks in order to appear fiercer to their
Keyword
Nose rings and ethnic jewelry of India.
DDC Classification No.
739.270954
Accession No.
14110
Shelving location
4
Category
Jewelry - India