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wore chank-bangles. Iron bangles are preferred and it 
is common to see them wearing as many as three iron 
bzngles on each wrist, ‘Those on the right wrist are 
usually made from plain iron rod, whereas on the other 
wrist one at least is ornamental, usually made from a flat 
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 inthe 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. 
