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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 851787, member: 2844"]Welcome Garageguy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Southern India.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> As inh said, a silver lingam box, or 'ayigalu'.</p><p>These were worn by members of the Lingayat sect and contained a small lingam, an oval stone which is a phallic symbol of the Hindu God Shiva.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect it is solid silver, these generally are. They were worn by rich Lingayat members. I have never seen a plated one.</p><p>The necklace is entirely hand-plaited from very thin silver wire, by women with a delicate touch.</p><p>And not Art Deco, but at least 19th century, maybe older.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>True, but no Torah.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 851787, member: 2844"]Welcome Garageguy. Southern India.:) As inh said, a silver lingam box, or 'ayigalu'. These were worn by members of the Lingayat sect and contained a small lingam, an oval stone which is a phallic symbol of the Hindu God Shiva. I suspect it is solid silver, these generally are. They were worn by rich Lingayat members. I have never seen a plated one. The necklace is entirely hand-plaited from very thin silver wire, by women with a delicate touch. And not Art Deco, but at least 19th century, maybe older.:) True, but no Torah.:facepalm:[/QUOTE]
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