Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Waist Chain, Waist Band and Belly Jewelry from India

The English word 'cummerbund' and the German 'Kummerband' for waist-band are derived from the Persian kamar,waist, and band, a band. The word is prevalent in most northern Indian languages. The immense popularity of waist jewelry is evidenced by a large number of temple sculptures, frescoes and miniature paintings ranging from the Indus Valley civilisation till the nineteenth century. Now days its known as Belly chain or Belly Jewelry. To gain the requisite flexibility, most silver waist ornaments are made by chaining or threading together a large number of fine links. Often fine wire work is employed to gain elasticity. Buckles are apparently of late Mughal or British origin. The most popular system for fastening used earlier comprised of dove-tailed hinges locked by piercing a pin through the two ends of the band in position. Often the locking device was covered with a decorative element.


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