Silver Jewellery - Sterling Silver Bangle Bracelet, Necklace, Armlet, Earrings

While the affluent societies delight more in the power and mystique of gold, treasured and worn in its various delicate interpretations, the proud Rajasthani villager instinctively revels in the buoyancy and supple muscularity of silver. The Gujarni or Jat stands clad in silver with the same sense of well-being as the Gadolia Lohar or Bhilni. So much is jewellery an extension of the body here that it is seldom taken off, though it often adds up to more than ten pounds (five kilogrammes) in weight.

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Rajasthan is an old land that easily goes as far back as the Indus Valley Civilization, and some of the shapes and forms of that time, such as the large necklace, looped earrings, heavy bangles and anklets worn by the famous dancing girl figurine of Mohenjodaro, can still be seen in the tribal jewellery worn today. In addition, styles brought by travellers from afar, or by 'foreigners' have been indigenized and, in some cases, have also acted as catalysts of change.

                                

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Jewellery craft in Rajasthan probably acquired the skills of granulation and filigree from

Mesopotamia, where they are first known to have been used; it is also established that the Indus Valley Civilization had trade contacts with



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Mesopotamia. Animal motifs and designs that abound in Rajasthani jewellery, were almost certainly introduced by the Scythians. These were, in turn, influenced by the Persians, who had developed the execution of stylized animal forms into a fine art, as is evident from the armlet found with the Oxus treasure (5th-4th century B.C.). The Scythians simplified these forms and delivered the style to various cultures, stretching from China to Europe This cultural connection is best demonstrated by a comparison of the Rajasthani kara with its lion, crocodile or elephant head terminals, the Greek bracelets with their lion or ram heads, the Persian armlet with its winged animal busts, and those of Tibet with dragon heads. The Bedouin woman also wears a version of this bracelet, though the form is simpler, The many centuries of trade contact with the Arabs, and the Arab conquest of Sind in A.D. 712 led to an amazing resonance between Rajasthani folk jewellery and that of North and East Africa. Common are the geometric motifs crafted through identical techniques of stamping, chasing and engraving, the stamped-out beaded triangular and rectangular motifs that simulate granulation, and the stamped-out beaded wire designs. These are only a few of. the examples. 

Some pieces of jewellery are almost identical in design, while the common note vibrates through many pieces such as the large rectangular pendants worn both in Rajasthan and in Africa.

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