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Description: | Copper alloy bracelet made by flattening out a round wire as it is rolled through a rolling mill and pressed against the pattern on the rollers, which it takes up. The wire is then cut and soldered together whcih can be seen on the exterior of the bracelet, where the pattern is interrupted, and on the interior, where there is a faint line. The pattern is made up of kidney shapes or figure-of-eight shapes with horizontal grooves, alternating with six pellets in two pairs of three, as on a die. The workmanship suggests that this bracelet may have been made in modern times but in a culture where old-fashioned techniques are used, such as in India.Gerlach (1971) illustrates similar examples from India on page 138, Plate 69, Nos.3 & 7, which are a brass armband and brass ornament, respectively, with similar motifs divided by pellets, which are dated to the 19th century.
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