Oddiyanam (waistband)
Description
Delicately sitting on its wearer, the waist band sways as she walks. Though no longer a favoured ornament, we see it in all the early Indian sculpture depicted sitting on the slender waist. Known variously as kamarband or kamarpatta or mekhala, they are usually made in gold or silver. They can be thick as a belt or thin as a chain with trinkets adorning it.
School of Art Collection
Collection
Jewellery
Object Type
Jewellery
Material
Silver
Schools/Culture/Period
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Technique
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Date
19th century CE
Location
South India
Dimension
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