TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 20TH CENTURY

For similar examples see A. van Custem, A World of Earrings; Africa, Asia, America from the Ghysels Collection, Milan, 2001.;
W. Ganguly, Earrings: Ornamental Identity and Beauty in India, Delhi, 2007;
N. Barnard, Indian Jewellery, V, London, 2008; and
O. Untracht, Traditional Jewellery of India, London, 2008.