Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Two Folk Style Figures

Drawn entirely in tiny dots, two faces look out from a plain sheet.

This plaque amulet depicting two folk style figures is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Coin silver is an alloy with a fixed silver content, traditionally made from melted coinage, and jewelers in western India often used it for amulets. Rounded upper corners and a small domed boss under the loop define the plaque. Stippled dots outline two side-by-side faces with large eyes and simple robes, and the satin-gray surface is lightly bent. It is 1.25 inches long and 1.75 high.

Pointillism, centuries before anyone thought to call it that.