Bracelet
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Classification
Jewelry and Ornament
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1919.49
Tags
About this artwork
Bracelet; flat sides and rounded rim; richly mottled yellow, red brown, and orange brown with grayish film of incipient disintegration, especially noticeable on interior; cutting irregularities and saw marks. (Old pitted and cracked area on one side.)
About the Artist
Unknown
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