Given to the bride at her wedding and are worn permanently thereafter. Opens up and is fastened by a screw.
On one, one screw is missing but the piece remains in place on account of the jigsaw-fitting shape. [can be re-ordered]
The inner diameter is about 8 cm.
And the weight is 621gm + 626gm
Typical of Madhya Pradesh, probably Bundelkhand region.
Tribal silver jewelry.
Oxidised over time.
Age unknown but estimated to be 50-60 years old
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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.
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