Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.76: Small Bracelet Jewelry Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small Bracelet , 2012.1.76,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175194. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.76 Title Small Bracelet Classification Jewelry Work Type bracelet Date 8th-7th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe Period Orientalizing period Culture Italic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175194 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Hammered Dimensions 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is a smooth light to dark green, with a bit of pitting and a few small chips along the edges. The bracelet was probably bent into shape from one long strip and shaped in the metal into a slightly uneven coil, as the spiral would probably have been too complex to cast. Francesca G. Bewer (submitted 2011) Inscriptions and Marks label: Small tan label "B2" on the interior. Provenance Recorded Ownership History The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.76 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums 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 Publication History John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), M26, p. 164 [J. S. Crawford] Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu