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Snake earrings of India
Their social, religious and symbolical context

Fig. 10: Perakh, a festival headgear of women in Ladakh and Tibet.
The shape is said to symbolise an erect snake.
The mystic power is enhanced by amulet boxes applied between the turquoises.
(The textile parts were renewed because of total damage of the original)

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