List of Traditional Ornaments(Men and Women) of Punjab

HEAD ORNAMENTS

Men’s 

Sarpesh – the jeweled aigrette worn in front of the turban, 

Kutbiladar – an oval pendant worn over the forehead, 

Kalgi – Plume in jeweled setting, 

Mukat or Mutakh – a head dress worn by Hindus at weddings, 

Turah-I-marwarid – tassels of pearls worn on the turban

Women’s
Sisphul, chaunk or choti phul – a round boss worn on the hair over the forehead, it is cut or indented so as to resemble a gold flower like chrysanthemum.Mauli – a long chain made of rows of pearls separated by jeweled studs, about 8 inches long hanging from the head on one side.Sir mang – a pendant worn on the head by Hindus

ORNAMENTS WORN ON THE FOREHEAD

By Women only 

Damni or dauni – a fringe hanging over the forehead on either side of the face, some of these are richly jeweled. These are of various varieties like kutabi and sosani 

Tika or kashka – small ornament on the forehead which hangs from the middle of the head on the forehead with a chain. (pendant). 

Chand bina – a moonshaped pendant. 

Tawit – small amulets worn on the head. 

Jhumar – a tassel shaped ornament or pendant. 

Guchhi marwarid – a cluster of pearls. 

Bindi – small tinsel forehead ornament. 

Barwata – tinsel stars worn over the eyebrows, not to be confounded with Bhawata, an armlet.

EAR ORNAMENTS

Men’s 

Bala – very large ring worn by Khatris, Sikhs and Dogras, they have a pearl strung on the gold wire of which they are made. 

Murki - smaller earrings of the same shape. 

Dur – a small earring with three studs. 

Birbali – a broad earring with three studs. 

Durichah – an ear-ring with pendant tassel

Women’s 

Bali or Goshwara – a set of rings worn on the edge of the ear. 

Bali Bahaduri – it has a large pointed stud in the center. 

Karnphul, Dhedu and Jhumka – all forms of tassel like ornaments, made with silver chains and little balls. 

Pipal-watta, or Pipal Pata – like a murki, but has a drop or pendant to it ending in a fringe of little gold pipal leaves. 

Kantala – A similar ornament like pipal-watta but this has a stud besides the pendant. 

Bala Khungri – a heavy fringed earring. 

Bala Katoriwalla – an earring with a bowl-like pendant. 

Khalli – small earring; 

Jalil – A small earring with a small jeweled central stud. 

Phumni – silk and tinsel tassels. 

Machh Machlian – a small gold figure of a fish worn as an earring. 

Tid-patang – a crescent shaped jeweled pendant. Along the lower edge of the crescent hangs a row of gold pipal leaves. 

Tandaura, Dedi – a huge star-shaped jeweled stud. 

Mor Phunwar – pendant of jewels being an imitation of the figure of a peacock.

NOSE ORNAMENTS

Women’s 

Women’s 

Nath – a large nose ring, one side of ring being ornamented with a belt of jewels or a few pearls hung on to it. 

Bulak – a small pendant either worn hung to the cartilage of the nose, or else strung to a nath. 

Latkan – a sort of ornament of pendants put on to the thin gold ring called a nath, and hanging from it. 

Morni – a small pendant for the above, shaped like the spread out tail of a peacock. 

Laung – a small stud let into the flesh of the nostril on one side, generally of gold, with a pearl or turquoise on it. 

Phuli – a small ring with a single emerald, or other stone of an oval shape, as a pendant. 

Bohr – a dangling pendant of gold pipal-leaves.

NECKLACES AND NECK ORNAMENTS

Men’s 

Mala – a necklace of large beads handing down long and loose. 

Kanth-kanthi – this fits rather close to the neck, the pendant may be omitted. This is also worn by women. 

Nam – an amulet, round or star shaped, suspender from a twist of colored silk thread fastened round the neck by tying at the back, nearly like jugni. 

Tawiz - a square amulet, jeweled or otherwise. 

Takhti – a flat square plate engraved with figures etc. 

Zanjiri – a set of chains. 

Chandarmah – a large gold flat medal suspended by a single ring on a silk chair or cord.

Women’s 
Chandanhar – a collar or necklace of a great number of chains. 

Mala – a plain necklace of pearls or gold bead, hanging down long. 

Champakali – a necklace like a collar with pendants, the pendants or rays are either of plain metal or set with stones. 

Jugni – a single jeweled pendant, hanging from a necklace of silk and elongated in shape. 

Mohran – a gold mohur or coin hung by a silk necklace. 

Haul Dil – a sort of amulet of jade cut in curves round the edge. 

Hassi or Hass – like a torque, a ring or collar of silver, thick in the middle and thin at either end. 

Guluband – a jeweled collar. 

Mohnmala – a long necklace made of large gold beads, with an interval of gold twisted thread between each bead. 

Atradan – a square jeweled or plain gold pendant attached to a silk chain. 

Kandi – a chain of silk carrying amulet cases. 

Silwatta – an amulet case, shaped like a small gold pillow or bolster, with two rings suspended from it.

ARM ORNAMENTS 

Bazuband – a broad belt-like ornament generally mounted on silk and tied on the upper arm. 

Nauratan – almost like bazuband, the ornament consisting of a band of nine gems set side by side and tied by silk ties. 

Taviz – an amulet worn on the upper arm. 

Anant – meaning endless, a large thin but solid ring of gold or silver, used chiefly by Hindus. 

Bhawatta – a square gold ornament, worn on the upper arm.

BRACELETS

Men’s 

Ponchi – a series of strings of shells or small gold elongated beads worn on the wrist. 

Kangan or Kara or Gokru – a bracelet of stiff metal, when the edges are serrated, it is called gokru.

Women’s 

Ponchian – worn on the wrist, which are a several categories called kutbi, chuhadandi (the beads like a rat’s teeth), iliachdana (like cardamom grains) etc. 

Kangan - worn on the wrist are generally of gold. 

Banka – thick gold bracelets, mostly used by Hindus. 

Gajra – a flexible bracelet made of square gold studs mounted on a silk band. 

Churi – of several varieties generally made of a flat ribbon of gold or silver, bent round. 

Bain – long silver sleeve or tube worn on both arms, like a lot of churis fastened together. 

Band – an armlet, broad and heavy. 

Jhankangan – small hollow karas with grains introduced into the hollow to rattle.

FINGER RINGS

Anguthi – a ring set with stones also called mundri. 

Challa – a plain hoop or whole hoop ring, with or without stones, being of gold or silver, but the same all round, challas are worn on the toe also. 

Angutha – a big ring with a broad face worn on the toe. 

Khari Panjangla – a set of finger rings of ordinary shape. 

Shahelmi or Khari – a ring of long oval shape. 

Birhamgand – a broad ring.

ANKLETS 

Pahzeb – various ankle ornaments made with chains and pendants of silver, which clink together when the weaver walks. 

Chanjar – a large hollow ring which rattles when the wearer walks. 

Kharian-apir or khalkhal – like karas worn on the ankles. 

Khungru – a ring or ankle of long ornamental beads of silver worn on the feet. 

Zanjiri – a set of chains with broad clasp, also known as tora.

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