Bracelet with sliding clasp, perhaps for a child

Bracelet with sliding clasp, perhaps for a child

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This type of bracelet is termed an overlap-twist bracelet after its construction: the ends of a hoop extend into a long wire that twists around the opposite terminal. This example employs a hollow tube of gold to form the hoop. These bracelets were popular throughout the Roman Period. In Egypt depictions show they were worn with the overlapped part of the bracelet on the exterior of the wrist. The small diameter of this one suggests it might have been intended for a child.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.