Friday, June 19, 2009

Junbiri - traditional Assamese jewellery

Traditional Assamese jewellery is completely hand made ,and only specialized hands can do it.This particular design shown here is called JUN-BIRI(means half-moon like jewel)Here jewellery is mostly influenced by nature( e.g. birds,grains,animals) and others by musical instruments (drums etc)and few more by things daily used in an assamese household(japi...a handmade headgear).Here the main frame is silver made and finally it is covered with very thin gold foils or LEAF-GOLD(paat-sun).This particular kind of jewellery are very affordable and easy to maintain...and they go very well with the local attire mekhela-sador.


When i was very new to blogger-world i had published one post completely dedicated to this subject...i had very few blogger friends then....if interested you can check 16th May post.Below is the pic of leaf-gold being used for this purpose.S ince i published this post i am getting a lot of mails regarding the contact details of this shop...so with the owner's permission here is her cell no....9864023446.

19 comments:

  1. please shed some light on the cost factor and how can we acquire it overseas..........they are excellent pieces.........great service to the Assamese community............great going!

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  2. Thankyou.I am not aware of the exact cost but they are much cheaper than only gold ones.....when i asked the owner she informed me that they all range from Rs.1500-Rs.25000,depending on the design and the leaf gold used.

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  3. oh...about acquiring it overseas i have got no idea....i encouraged the lady to have her own website..i am not sure whether she checked my previous post or not ...i had informed her though.

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  4. beautiful jewelry...lovely to learn more about your culture and arts.

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  5. I read both the posts. Nice looking jewellery. I think they might be available here, in Chenni, in some exhibition, I think. Every piece is unique looking.

    I will check for them if it is available in some shops.

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  6. this looks Gorgeous and expensive

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  7. It's beautiful
    and agree with first comment

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  8. This jewelry would really look beautiful with silk sari.

    Simply gorgeous!

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  9. Beautiful piece of jewelry. Happy week-end

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  10. I think I should buy this jewelery now. looks so beautiful. bty, many thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving your comment. Keep smiling and Keep blogging. Have a great day ahead :)

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  11. Those are very beautiful pieces, Kavita. Impressive.

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  12. I've read this post and gone through all the other related jewellery posts on this blog.

    All I can say is - The traditional Assamese jewellery is "simply stunning".

    Cheers,
    Charan.

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  13. these are beautiful. love the shape, which is so different from what we spot in this part of the country.

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  14. Hello there,

    This is a inquiry for the webmaster/admin here at www.kavitasaharia-myroom.com.

    Can I use part of the information from your blog post right above if I provide a backlink back to your website?

    Thanks,
    Jack

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  15. Jack...i would like to know a little about your website first.

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  16. wow...love love love.. the jewellery,its exquisite and beautiful....Kavita, thankyou so much for making India truly incredible through your blog posts... wonderfull :)

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  17. may i know where the shop exactly situated???

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