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The upper arc is a gold wire with a double coiled eye linked to the lower arc on the left hand side with the other end to be fastened through the right nostril of the wearer and slotted into a short cylindrical length on the right hand side. The upper portion is decorated along its length with a variety of imitation coral beads, white translucent beads (formerly with a nacreous finish) held between  openwork granulated cups, spacers made of seed pearls and floral elements with<i> buttas</i> set with red, orange and green glass in settings with granulated borders. A pendant motif is slotted onto the ring. It has an openwork abstract floral design resting on a crescent with <i>kundan</i> settings of coloured glass and it has the remnants of a fringe of seed pearls with dangling gold leaflets that were fixed onto the back of the setting with fine gold wire twisted through little soldered cylinders of gold sheet. Only six of an original fifteen leaflets have survived.\nThe lower portion of the ring is made of a square-sectioned arc of gold with a flanged border of minute granulation. The arc supports a row of rings through which are threaded concave shaped leaflets on coils of gold wire, each with a seed pearl sandwiched between a pair of tiny granulated discs. The front of the leaflets have a copper-coloured finish as do all the granulated borders of the decorative elements of the ring.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gold, pearls, imitation pearls and coral, glass wirework and granulation","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2019MD2279","2019MD2346"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"029","id":"THES375373"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"nath","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Punjab (India)","id":"x29839"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably from Bilaspur or possibly Kangra District in Himachal Pradesh"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"20th century","earliest":"1900-01-01","latest":"1999-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Dr W. 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It was  bought from the dealer, Michael Beste in December 2010 for 4500 Euros.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Gold nose ring, <i>nath,</i> from Himachal Pradesh","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Ganguly, W., Nose Rings of India, Delhi, 2015","id":"AUTH339313"},"details":"p. 56, illus.","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Indian folk jewellery : designs and techniques / Waltraud Ganguly. 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