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Bangle

Title	Bangle
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	(at widest point) diameter: 6.5cm, Height: 1.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	327&A-1904
Record ID	327&A-1904
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	These plain copper bracelets were described as âModern Egyptian, originally forming a single penannular armletâ when they were acquired by the Museum in 1904. Although their shape is unusual there is no evidence that they have been cut down from a wider original, and they may represent a type which has been lost in the intervening years, or may come from another region. Copper bracelets are much more common further south.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Copper alloy Copper
Parçalar	Bangle, Bangle
Fiziksel açıklama	Pair of plain copper penannular bracelets each made from a strip of metal, flat on the inside and slightly curved on the outside, which is flat at the bottom and rises to a point at the top, so that it has a narrow triangular section.

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Bangle

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Jewellery Africa Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions (at widest point) diameter: 6.5cm, Height: 1.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 327&A-1904

Record ID 327&A-1904

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes These plain copper bracelets were described as âModern Egyptian, originally forming a single penannular armletâ when they were acquired by the Museum in 1904. Although their shape is unusual there is no evidence that they have been cut down from a wider original, and they may represent a type which has been lost in the intervening years, or may come from another region. Copper bracelets are much more common further south.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Copper alloy Copper

Parçalar Bangle, Bangle

Fiziksel açıklama Pair of plain copper penannular bracelets each made from a strip of metal, flat on the inside and slightly curved on the outside, which is flat at the bottom and rises to a point at the top, so that it has a narrow triangular section.