Bracelet
Jewellery
Inventory number
2026.2.2.10.JW.BR.C1870.IT
Description
Bracelet is composed of larger oval elements of dark brown turtle shell with concave centers, connected by lighter-colored pieces decorated with small black stripes. At a later date, a simple metal clasp was added and artisanally modified to secure the bracelet, which was probably originally part of a necklace or other piece of jewelry.
Materials
Turtle shell
Metal
Origin
circa 1870
Italy, probably Sicily or Naples
Dimensions
Length : 8.4 cm
Height : 3.2 cm