Busacca Gallery

A great mottled green little bangle hang a 1-3/8" interior width. Chinese, jade stone bangle jewelry. This was made for a very small wrist. Very Impressive. Overall it is quite nice and very collectible. This is a very attractive piece. It would make a unique and lovely gift. We are proud to present highly collectable art for the art aficionado. Condition: Slightly worn, otherwise very good.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracelet

A bracelet is an article of jewelry which is worn around the wrist. Bracelets can be manufactured from metal, Ivory, cloth, plastic or other materials and sometimes contain jewels, rocks, wood, and/or shells.





Although the term armlet may be technically similar, it is taken to mean an item that sits on the upper shoulder: an arm ring. The origin of the term 'bracelet' is from the Greek 'brachile' meaning 'of the arm', via the Old French 'barcel'. In some parts of India, the number and type of bangles worn by a woman denotes her marital status. Taken in the plural, bracelets is often used as slang for handcuffs. The history of Egyptian bracelets is as old as 5000 BCE. Starting with materials like bones, stones and woods to serve religious and spiritual interests. From the National Geographic Society, the Scarab Bracelet is one of the most recognized symbols of ancient Egypt. The scarab represented rebirth and regeneration. Carved scarabs were worn as jewelry and wrapped into the linen bandages of mummies. Myth told of the scarab god, Khepri, pushing the sun across the sky. In Bulgaria there is a tradition called Martenitsa, which sometimes involves tying a red and white string around the wrist to please Baba Marta in order for spring to come sooner. In Greece a similar tradition, weaving a bracelet from red and white string on the first day of March and wearing it till the end of summer, is called "Martis" and is considered to help protect the wearer's skin from the strong Greek sun.