Stories from Bikaner 2012/07

Bishnoi family on its way to somehere, drop off milk enroute at the dhaba
we stopped here for chai                                                                       

Father in the background, the children, 
grandmother- her nose ring    

the neck piece with bunched poth beads is typical of her people

the children's mother was in the back seat

 The mother of our jeweller in Pokhran

typical pieces of jewelry from the Pokhran belt

  

Single wire anklet
weighs more than 300gms

A typical wedding jewelry, 
to be set with stones 
to be worn by groom?

Nose rings of the Gujjar people
weighs 10gms approx equivalent to rs. 30,000/- today

"Gokhru" worn by the chammar community 
weighs roughly 10gms

sindhi jummka, 

in the front the ear lobe is covered by a flower motif, 

  followed by the hanging "jhumka"