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1884.78.96

Silver penannular bracelet, wide bossed and highly ornamented with expanding ends [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]

1884.78.96

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Collection type
Object
Description
Silver penannular bracelet, wide bossed and highly ornamented with expanding ends [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]
Geographical reference
Bulgaria
Europe > Eastern Europe > Bulgaria
Unknown
Cultural groups
Bulgarian
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1879
Date collected
?Prior to 1879
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Silver Metal, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Diameter: max 73 mm, Width: max 37 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.78.96 PR no.: 38/ 9433
Research and responses

According to Chapman Pitt Rivers visited Bulgaria in the summer of 1854 [Chapman, 1981: 184], this object may have been collected then [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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