About the design: The shape of this object looks like a 3D paisley, which was one of the most commonly used designs in North India. The design concept of a paisley like this one was mostly associated with 'carriee' or an unripe mango.
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What-is-it Question LXVI.
What-is-it Question LXVI.
This comes from North India (late 1800s or early 1900s). It is less than an inch in size. What is it?
About the design: The shape of this object looks like a 3D paisley, which was one of the most commonly used designs in North India. The design concept of a paisley like this one was mostly associated with 'carriee' or an unripe mango.
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About the design: The shape of this object looks like a 3D paisley, which was one of the most commonly used designs in North India. The design concept of a paisley like this one was mostly associated with 'carriee' or an unripe mango.
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kerangoumar
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What-is-it Question LXVI.
so this is what a 3-d bodhi looks like. There's a prominent hook on the piece, obviously it opens to disgorge the stomach pills you need after eating unripe mangoes. And that loop - this bodhi is meant to be pinned to one's gown for quick relief.
Incidentally do you have much knowledge of Kashmiri silver? I am thinking of the small bowl with pierced sides and dragon-like finials on its viking-boat-like ends. I absolutely have to subdue my camera.
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Incidentally do you have much knowledge of Kashmiri silver? I am thinking of the small bowl with pierced sides and dragon-like finials on its viking-boat-like ends. I absolutely have to subdue my camera.
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That's a very creative answer, but it didn't hold stomach ache pills. Eastern women love sour things, and the way they enjoy tamarinds and the like, I doubt they have any digestion problems after that :)
This object was used as a vinaigrette. You wet some cotton with your favourite perfume, or 'Itar' as they were traditionally called (which were oil-based, unlike European alcohol based ones), lock it inside the vessel, and pin it to your clothes. On encountering an unpleasant odor, open and hold it to your nose.
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This object was used as a vinaigrette. You wet some cotton with your favourite perfume, or 'Itar' as they were traditionally called (which were oil-based, unlike European alcohol based ones), lock it inside the vessel, and pin it to your clothes. On encountering an unpleasant odor, open and hold it to your nose.
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Re: What-is-it Question LXVI.
kerangoumar wrote:Incidentally do you have much knowledge of Kashmiri silver? I am thinking of the small bowl with pierced sides and dragon-like finials on its viking-boat-like ends. I absolutely have to subdue my camera.
Not much, just know a few, i guess insignificant things about items that were a part of most households.
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