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The jewelry of Nepal / Hannelore Gabriel.
Penn Museum Library NK7376.8.N35 G23 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabriel, Hannelore.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic jewelry--Nepal--Themes, motives.
- Ethnic jewelry.
- Signs and symbols--Nepal.
- Signs and symbols.
- Themes, motives.
- Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 209 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Weatherhill, 1999.
- Contents:
- 1. The Land, Religion, and the Function of Jewelry 2
- 2. A History of Jewelry in Nepal 20
- 3. Symbolism 32
- 4. Materials 48
- 5. The Newar 60
- 6. The Tibeto-Burman Middle Hills Groups 86
- 7. The Tibeto-Nepalese 108
- 8. The Indo-Nepalese 136
- 9. The Tharu 164
- 10. Ritual Jewelry of the Shamans 178
- 11. Jewelry Makers 186
- Tips for the Collector 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0834804611
- OCLC:
- 40632552
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