Nose Ring

Nose ring may refer to:

  • A nose ring in humans is also known as a Nose piercing, including:
    • Nose-jewel, mentioned in the Bible
    • Mola (art form), a cultural practice featuring nose rings
    • A sign of a Hindu woman's marital status; see Mangalsutra
    • A sign of a Meghwal woman's marital status; see Meghwal
    • A part of a Sikh wedding ceremony; see Anand Karaj
  • Nose ring (animals)
  • A part of a traditional fish trap; see Putcher fishing

Famous quotes containing the words nose and/or ring:

    “If you pick up some paint with your brush and make somebody’s nose with it, this is rather ridiculous when you think of it, theoretically or philosophically. It’s really absurd to make an image, like a human image, with paint, today.”
    —Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)

    “Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a ring can only be witches; but middle-aged women in colors, square dancing...?”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)