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Snake earrings of India
Their social, religious and symbolical context

Fig. 22: Nagavadura of northern Tamil Nadu, now practically extinct.
This pair belonged to a farmer woman who died in 1999 at the age of 88 years
Gold (with heavy patina), 6-7 g

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