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wore chank-bangles. Iron bangles are preferred and it 

 is common to see them wearing as many as three iron 

 brjioles on each wrist. Those on the ri^ht wrist are 

 usually made from plain iron rod, whereas on the other 

 wrist one at least is ornamental, usually made from a Hat 

 band to the free ends of which, hammered into rings, 

 are attached large numbers of ornamental iron-wire 

 pendants shaped like the " eye " part of domestic " hook 

 and eye" fasteners. 



From the foregoing it is seen that chank-bangle wear- 

 ing is confined to the Tamil districts in the south of the 

 Madras Presidency. It is unknown in the central and 

 northern sections — the Madras Deccan and the coastal 

 Telugu districts- -except in respect of the wandering 

 Lambadis ; the Collector of Kurnul informs me that 

 chank bangles for sale to the local representatives of 

 this tribe are occasionally brought from the Raichur side 

 (Hyderabad State), a significant fact as the Raichur 

 Doab is one of the localities where Mr. Bruce-Foote 

 found numerous fragments of chank factory waste, 

 indicative of the former existence of a bangle-making 

 industry in the vicinity of his discoveries. Where 

 these modern Raichur bangles come from I do not know, 

 but I should expect them to be of Bengal manufacture. 



