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Spiral Bracelet with Serpent Head Terminals

Date

about 500 B.C.

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek (Sicilian)

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Composed of a thin strip of silver, rounded on its outer surfaces and flat on the inner and terminating in serpents' heads. Three small ridged metal bands have been bent at even intervals around each end of the bracelet. The snake heads are rather crudely rendered. A squarish hole is pierces in each snake head and there are incised eyes on either edge of the terminals, and scales created by U-shaped gouges cover the surface up to the third metal band.

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