DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY D 
the jeweler’s handicraft practised 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, 
consisting principally of necklaces and head ornaments of gold 
set with diamonds, pearls, rubies, emeralds, garnets, turquoises, 
and crystal, and characterized by the great number of pearls 
used, and the frequency of small emerald pendants as decora- 
tions. 
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, fourteen pieces of Rajputana jewelry which resembles the 
jewelry of Delhi, but 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 82 diamonds. 
Four gold head ornaments from Bijapore. 
One string of gold beads from Gwalior. 
Case 15. — Considerable space is occupied by talisman neck- 
laces and other pieces of jewelry from Jeypore, which show an 
abundance of enameling. There are also fifteen beautiful speci- 
mens of jewelry from Kathiawar, principally necklaces, which 
resemble those of Delhi, though containing less enamel. 
There are also several necklaces from Brahma, and eleven 
gold belts and necklaces from Amritsar. 
Case 16.— Devoted entirely to a collection of forty-seven 
pieces of gold jewelry from Gujarat which is characterized by 
the large quantity of gold and small number of jewels used. 
