Bracelet

Description

Bracelet - a traditional women’s metal ornament intended to be worn on the wrist. The museum object is made from a broad strip of white metal using forging and bending techniques. It has the form of an open-ended hoop. The strip is 1.1 cm wide. Both ends are decoratively shaped and curved. The outer surface bears embossed ornamentation, while the upper and lower edges are framed by narrow decorative bands.
Open-ended bracelets of this type were worn by Kazakh women as everyday and decorative jewellery. The shaped ends and ornamental surface enhanced the decorative appearance of the object. The use of forging, bending, and embossing reflects 20th-century metalworking and jewellery-making practices.
The museum object is an ethnographic source illustrating women’s adornment practices, the production of decorative objects from non-precious metals, and the use of traditional ornamental motifs in jewellery.