1: Anklets (unknown) Fig. 2: dastband almas (unknown) To see how these anklets symbolize femininity, we can compare them with another anklet from the Al-Thani Collection worn by a man... dastband almas. First, we can do this by comparing the materials used and then the design of both anklets. A significant difference between the two objects is the use of glass beads. The glass beads at the bottom of Figure 1 would have made a tinkling sound, similar to the sound of a wind chime. In contrast, the almas dastband does not contain beads. Figure 2 is crafted from gold and diamonds while Figure 1 incorporates the use of pearls, gold, glass beads and sapphires. What is analogous among the anklets is a common house, Rajasthan. Both objects were made in relatively the same area. Due to the era in which the anklets were made, they both contain some sort of geometric design. The floral and geometric pattern is another distinctive feature of court art, whether distributed on a wall, on the cover of a book or on the edge of an album sheet, around a
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