Tilhari and nau gedi are the primary jewelry emblems of a married woman.

A Chetri woman in the Bheri area wears large chepti sun earrings.

A Brahman woman wears the nose ornaments bulaki and phuli, and earring marwari and dhungri.

A Chetri woman of Pokhara wears typical nose ornaments and a gold necklace with coral imitation beads.

Repeated phallic elements have a protective function in the tengura necklace.

Hansuli, a collar of white metal worn in west Nepal, may fall to the chest.

Kantshri, a necklace strung with two rows of bullet-like pendants of white metal.

  
  
Photos and text from the book "Jewellery of Nepal", Hannelore Gabriel
Copyright Hannelore Gabriel