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Amber with vegetable enclosure. A circular amber bead from 
Mexico, believed to be the first noted appearance of amber as an 
ornament in ancient Mexico. It was used as an incense in their 
temples. 
Cases 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, — These wall cases contain 
the Tiffany collection of Indian jewelry, and form the most com- 
plete series ever exhibited in any museum. Many of the pieces 
are very old, of rare forms, consisting of rings, armlets, bosom 
ornaments, surah holders, ornaments for the forehead, hair, ear, 
waist, ankles, upper arm, etc., together illustrating the remarkable 
variet}" of the ornaments and of the jeweler’s handicraft practiced 
in India for more than 2,000 years. The collection is divided into 
three sections. 
First: Objects made from pure unalloyed gold, as worn by 
the higher caste only, containing diamonds, rubies, emeralds, 
sapphires, pearls, garnets, rock crystals, etc., and embellished with 
rich red and green enamels peculiar to the Indian work. 
Second: Collection of silver jewelry, consisting of many large 
and beautifully wrought pieces, worn by a lower caste. 
Third: Base metal jewelry, worn by the lowest caste only. 
Case 13. — Contains forty-seven pieces of Delhi jewelry, which 
consists principally of necklaces and head ornaments of gold set 
with diamonds, pearls, rubies, emeralds, garnets, turquoises and 
crystals, and is characterized by the great number of pearls used 
and the frequency of small emerald pendants as decorations. 
A gold necklace with yellow and green sapphire pendants. 
A pair of ear-rings of red and green enamel and pearls from Goa. 
Two heavily wrought gold and silk necklaces from Muttra. 
Case 14. — Contains upwards of fifty examples of jewelry from 
Bombay, which is remarkable for the few gems used and the great 
delicacy and artistic feeling shown in the gold work ; also, four- 
teen pieces of Rajputana jewelry which resembles the jewelry of 
Delhi, bnt is heavier and less delicate. 
Thirteen pieces of jewelry, consisting of surah holders, neck- 
laces, armlets and nose rings from Baddhi. The jewelry from 
Baddhi is distinguished by the number of small gems used, one 
surah holder containing 492 rubies and eighty -two diamonds. 
Four gold head ornaments from Bijapore. 
One string of gold beads from Gwalior. 
Case 15. — Considerable space is occupied by talisman neck- 
