Bracelet

Unknown

11th–12th century · Sheet and wire gold · Islamic Art

Precious metal objects from the Islamic world are rare because of the custom of melting them down in order to produce new coinage. Fortunately, small objects, such as this gold-wire bracelet, sometimes survived, probably because they were kept as family heirlooms.

Artist

Unknown

Date

11th–12th century

Medium

Sheet and wire gold

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1980