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Tribal jewellery of Rajasthan

Rajasthan is famous for gold and silver ornaments especially silver ornaments have taken a remarkable place in Indian jewellery. All of these have ethnic and exquisite look. Each part of Rajasthan is well known for its own distinct style of silver jewellery.

The craftsmanship of Jaipur, pink city, is known for their superior quality enamel work. These colours ranges from red, blue, white, black, green, yellow, and golden and all are derived from minerals. The kundan work is famous in Rajasthan. People from all over world crave for its beauty and radiance. This is basically the art of setting stones in jewellery. This needs special training to embed the stone in the cavity, which should be filled properly with gold of high purity. The designs are mostly exquisitely joined as flowers and birds and sometimes human and animal figures also. The uncut stone should be placed properly as its beauty lies in that.

One fine work is known as tewa, which can be described as fine gold work done on a base of green enamel. This is specialty of Pratapgarh in Rajasthan. Beautiful silver and gilded metal necklaces are made in Nathdwara that are famous worldwide.

Rajasthani tribal jewelleries are wide in numbers. Anyone can be mesmerized after seeing the variety over here. Jewellery can be mentioned as one of the chief attractions of Rajasthan. The wide range varies from its chunky tribal jewellery to enamelled gold to modern diamond jewellery. These have a huge market worldwide.

In Rajasthan, men and women can be seen with colorful necklaces, armlets, anklets, earrings and rings. Silver is more commonly worn by the rural women and is certainly more affordable. This is the reason all common people take the pleasure to wear this. The royal attire in this region is `sarpench` i.e. a kind of turban ornamentation and also a variety of necklaces, which are very different and unique in its nature.

Another important variety is lac. There is production of lots of colorful bangles, which are made of lac and set with semiprecious stones in it. These make an inexpensive buy for the classy people. The craftsmen take great pains to embed the hundreds of stones into the lac. This art needs perfect skill, as these are famous all over the country.

Tribal Silver jewellery of RajasthanRajasthan`s silver tribal jewelry is very famous as it is exported in different parts of the country as well as outside India. It is a delightful collection of earrings, bracelets, bangles, amulets, anklets, hairpins and necklaces. These have a characteristic oxidized appearance, which attracts foreign buyers. These oxidized metal accessories are often adorned with bunches of tiny silver bells and colorful stones. These jewellery have such a look that anyone will fall for them.

Some of the important jewellery and their description are given below:
Silver and gold work old pendant: This is somewhat antique tribal jewellery basically it is an old silver and gold work pendant from Rajasthan. This main case of this pendant is made of excellent silver and pure gold wirework piece seated inside. These have an ethnic look which attracts lot of tourists.

Anklet pair with bells: This is a beautiful tribal old silver broad ankle bracelet pair from Rajasthan. This looks awesome as it enhances the beauty of a woman. This is mainly popular among banjara tribal people of Rajasthan. This represents nice workmanship, wide link chain design and attached hollow balls in-group all around. Tribal woman crave for this ornament. But sometime it hurts in the feet that`s why former wearer have attached clothe at the back for comfortable on the feet. As a whole having such a pair of anklets are really very exciting.

Ethnic bracelet or upper armlet: These are again very precious for the tribal folk of Rajasthan. Mahratta and Gujarati Women of the Raval community mainly wear rigid silver armlet. This is also known as vauk. The semi-flexible body of broad braided wire has a central floral ornament. All of these have a traditional look that offers a wide range of exquisite jewellery.

Neck ring or Hasuli: This is a unique tribal jewellery that is not seen everywhere in today`s life. This antique tribal old silver neck ring or hansuli is very prominent in tribal population of Rajasthan. This can be described as one piece of solid silver and then engraved design on it. This looks very beautiful and attractive. This can retain its vigor even after years of use.

Nose ring: These are ancient tribal old silver Nose rings, which are really unique in style. These are specialty of Rajasthan. This looks splendid as these are beautifully designed. In the whole ornament there are many small red and green color glass stones fitted all over. This looks colorful because of the varied color.

Madliya thread Necklace: This is a beautiful traditionally designed silver necklace. This is predominant in Rajasthan. The traditional design can be described as a silver pendant or Madaliya, which is strung in traditional way in cotton cord with four nice cut silver beads. These are again attached with cutting design silver pieces in bottom loops. These necklaces have really an exquisite look which attracts a lot of people towards it.

Belt: This is also regarded as Rajasthani tribal jewellery. This is basically a beautiful tribal old silver flexible belly chain. This is found everywhere in Rajasthan, especially in the tribal areas. These handcrafted silver antique belts are very popular among the tribal women`s of Rajasthan. These are of originally very nice design and are of a flexible nature. This is mainly attached with solid link chain and cutting design silver pieces in all the bottom loops. This has good screw opening system, which makes it very convenient to wear. Sometimes mango shape pendant are found attached with the belt while line of link chain are present in the middle loop.

Toe rings in Gajre design: This is also a variety of tribal jewellery of Rajasthan. This is basically a very nice tribal old silver toe rings pair. These are common in Rajasthani tribal women. These are of different styles and structures. Some are plain and simple while some are of special textures. The Gajre style is a nice pair decorated with bounces of hollow balls. The tribal women folk of Rajasthan love to wear these toe rings. All the pieces are open from back and these are of free size i.e. anyone can wear these as the size is adjustable.

Silver Rings: These are perfectly traditional in design. These beautiful old silver rings are widely used by the tribal women folk from Rajasthan. This is made of one piece of silver, which looks, simple as well as smart. Men and women both can wear these rings.

Earrings: The range of earrings in Rajasthani Tribal jewellery is very wide. These vintage Antique tribal old silver earrings are very famous among the tribal folk. These are also known as earplug pair or Tokariya. These are all specialty of Rajasthan but more specifically worn by rabari tribal people of Rajasthan. These ornaments have beautiful handmade design and attached bells in all the bottom loops. People who have big ear holes usually like these earrings very much as these fit in the ear very well.

All these and lot more have made the collection of Rajasthani tribal jewelry really exquisite and incomparable.

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