Carved scarabs were worn as jewelry and wrapped into the linen bandages of mummies. The scarab represented rebirth and regeneration. From the National Geographic Society, the Scarab Bracelet is one of the most recognized symbols of ancient Egypt. Starting with materials like bones, stones and woods to serve religious and spiritual interests. The history of Egyptian bracelets is as old as 5000 BCE. A bracelet is also a small brace or bracer (an arm-guard used by archers).Ĭultural and religious significance The origin of the term 'bracelet' is from the Greek brachile meaning 'of the arm', via the Old French bracel. 500 BCEĪlthough the term armlet may be technically similar, it is taken to mean an item that sits on the upper shoulder: an arm ring. Penannular bracelet, Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid period, c. Bracelets can be manufactured from metal, leather, cloth, plastic, bead or other materials, and jewelry bracelets sometimes contain jewels, rocks, wood, shells, crystals, metal, or plastic hoops, pearls and many more materials. A boot bracelet is used to decorate boots. When it is worn around the ankle it is called an ankle bracelet or anklet. If a bracelet is a single, inflexible loop, it is often called a bangle. Bracelets may be worn to signify a certain phenomenon, such as breast cancer awareness, or for religious/cultural purposes. Medical and identity information are marked on some bracelets, such as allergy bracelets, hospital patient-identification tags, and bracelet tags for newborn babies. When worn as ornaments, bracelets may have a supportive function to hold other items of decoration, such as charms. Bracelets may serve different uses, such as being worn as an ornament. A decorative gold charm bracelet showing a heart-shaped locket, seahorse, crystal, telephone, bear, spaceship, and grand piano.Ī bracelet is an article of jewellery that is worn around the wrist.
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