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Bracelet

Title

Bracelet

Year/Period

Early 20th century

Region

Northern Thailand

Dimension

Object size: H0.5 x D7.3 cm

Accession No.

1993-00806

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This brass bracelet represents a fraction of the wide repertoire of jewellery made, worn and exchanged by highland communities in northern Thailand. Several types of bracelets with coiled, plaited and twisted forms were worn. This type is worn particularly by the Karen group.The Karen people, live in Burma and northern Thailand. Their origins are still unknown.