Bracelet; Cambodia or Vietnam, XV-XVIII centuries.

Bracelet; Cambodia or Vietnam, XV-XVIII centuries.
Copper alloy.
It presents oxidation and erosion caused by the passage of time.
Measurements: 25,7 cm (height).
Bracelet made with copper wire wound in a spiral form creating a tubular section that serves as a bracelet. Aesthetically the piece is reminiscent of the typical bracelets made by the Dong culture. This was a Bronze Age culture in ancient Vietnam centered in the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam from about 1000 B.C. to the 1st century A.D. Their influence spread to other parts of Southeast Asia, including the maritime Southeast, from about 1000 B.C. to 1 B.C. 234. The Dong people were skilled bronze casters using the lost-wax casting method.