South Asian Arm Jewelry
May 2026
These objects are all bracelets, wristlets, and armlets from Indian and Southeast Asian cultures, representing traditional personal adornment worn on the arms and wrists.
83 objects · 3 institutions
Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Anklet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Anklet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
500 BCE–300 CE
Anklet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Anklet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Anklet, or Kara
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Anklets
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Armlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Armlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Armlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Armlet (Bazuband)
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Armlet of bazuband
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s-1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1900s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 6th–8th century CE
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1900s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Bracelets
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Braided Chain with Lotus-Shaped Finials
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Last quarter of the 10th–last quarter of the 15th century
Brooch
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Chain
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Chain with Two Charm Cases
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Charm Case
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Charm Case
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Charm Case
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Charm Case Pair
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Chatelaine with Toilet Articles
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Earrings and Chain with Nose Attachment
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1900s
Girdle
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Gorget
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s
Hair Ornament, Jada Billi
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Hair Pin
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Hand Ornament (Hathphul) and Thumb Ring (Arsi)
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Hollow Anklet with Flattened Ends
Metropolitan Museum of Art
300 BCE–CE 400
Medallion
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Metal Disk
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1916
Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Necklace
Metropolitan Museum of Art
17th–19th century
Necklace
Metropolitan Museum of Art
17th–19th century
Necklace
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th century
Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Necklace (Patrihar)
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Necklace in the Form of Bells
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1900s
Necklace with pendants
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 5th–4th century BCE
Necklet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Padlock and Key
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th century or later
Pair of Bracelets with Confronting Makara Heads (Karas)
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Pair of Earrings
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Pair of Earrings
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Pair of Earrings (Karanphul Jhumkas)
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Part of a Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Pillow-end Plate
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Pillow-end Plate
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Pillow-end Plate Pair
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Rings and Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Silver Clasp
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Spiral Armlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Tribal Bracelet
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–19th century
Turban Ornament (Sarpech)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Turban Ornament (Turra)
Art Institute of Chicago
18th/19th century
Turban ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Wristlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Wristlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
18th Century
Wristlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Wristlet or Anklet for Children
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1900s
Wristlet or Anklet for Children
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1900s
Wristlets or Anklets for Children
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s