Twisted Metal Bracelet

Twisted Metal Bracelet

Description:

Bronze bracelet fastened with overlapping terminals of twisted metal spirals; made from a long strip of thin metal with a round section whose terminals taper to a fine point and which are coiled around the upper end of the opposite side; metal much corroded in places.


Dimensions: Diameter: 9 centimetres


Object Type: bracelet


Techniques: hammered; twisted

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1100 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Episkopi-Bamboula

Accession Number:

1896,0201.60