Gold earrings, rings, bangles, and jimikki, some with diamonds, semiprecious stones, or paste gems, rest on a walnut desk along with out-of-focus green and pink jewelry containers from Batticaloa. Courtesy of familial archives.
A video of a brown-skinned woman putting on a two-tier gold jimikki earring jacket with diamonds and rubies, securing it with a large costume jewelry stud made of paste diamonds, central stones once painted with red nail polish that has since begun to flake off. Courtesy of familial archives.
