Silver ring, most probably from the Sindh region in Pakistan. Anne van Cutsem mentions (see literature) that these rings come from Pashtun tribes.
Glass and high-grade silver.
Age: First half of the 20th century
Provenance: UK private collection.
The size of the ring is 18 mm – inner diameter (7 3/4 US size) . The top of the ring measures 35 x 35 mm.
Literature:
“Bagues ethniques d’afrique, d’Asie et d’Amerique”, van Cutsem, Anne, Skira, 2000, p. 120
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