GEOBIOS
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 3and4

Indigenous folk jewellery from plant parts: a substitute of gold, silver etc.

  • Author:
  • Ashis Ghosh, Biplab Ghosh, Debalina Pal, Soma Ghosh
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 16 to 18

Swamiji Eco-club, C/o. Dr. Ashis Ghosh, E-21, Mitra Compound, P.O. +Dt.- Paschim Medinipur, Pin-721 101, W.B.

*Corresponding author, email: ashis51ghosh@gmail.com

Online published on 7 December, 2016.

Abstract

Use of easily available different plant parts of Bengal as a folk jewellery in exchange of various metal in the traditional system is described. Since ancient time folk jewellery is very popular among common people as it is available at affordable prices and there is no adverse side effect.

Keywords

Bengal, Ethnic, Socio-culture, West-rarrh