num_pages: 128
description: John Clarke has travelled widely in the area and his fascinating text discusses the connection of jewellery to religion and folk beliefs and its rich and many-layered symbolism. Drawing together historical texts and the oral traditions of living craftsmen, he gives a picture of how goldsmiths and jewellers operated in the p
language: English
title: Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas
publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum