Small Bracelet
| Artist | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Basic Info | |
| Period | Orientalizing period |
| Created in | Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe |
| Century | 8th-7th century BCE |
| Culture | Italic |
| Dimensions | 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.) |
| Harvard Museum | |
| Department | Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics |
| Division | Asian and Mediterranean Art |
| Contact | am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu |
Context
This small double-coiled bracelet was, if worn, possibly for a child. The shape was perhaps meant to represent a stylized snake: one of the terminals is slightly larger and almost head shaped (1). Incised zigzag patterning is visible on the exterior of the bracelet near the terminals. A. M. Bietti Sestieri and E. Macnamara indicate that this type of coiled rod bracelet might be better described as a weight (2). NOTES: 1. See C. Johns, The Jewellery of Roman Britain: Celtic and Classical Traditions (London, 1996) 44-45, on the typology of snake jewelry; and ibid., 109-10, on snake bracelets specifically. 2. Compare A. M. Bietti Sestieri and E. Macnamara, Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500-720 BC) in the British Museum (London, 2007) 20 and 196, Bracelet type 8, nos. 655-56. Lisa M. Anderson
TechnicalDetails
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University