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# Earring

This pair of gold earrings are called 'dhungri'. This type were once worn by Indo-Nepalese and Tibeto-Burman women in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Today they are seldom worn. One of a pair (with 08672a) of square embossed gold earrings decorated with foliage patterns.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1695–1804 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.08672-a-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.08672-a-is) · Pramāṇa
