Another find from my trip to the Thai-Cambodian border in 1992. I'm not sure where it's from, although I bought it from an Akha woman, they and most "Hill Tribe people" seem to prefer silver and/or colorful glass beads.
I don't even know what it is, possibly a bronze belt, although I've seen them re-worked into stunning necklaces. They were reasonably plentiful in the late 1980s and early 1990s but rare now.
Add it to your collection, or replace the old cotton cord running through these disks with a colorful silky cord to get the effect. The discs slide over each other, articulating to form any curve, flexing easily and smoothly.
Alternately you could dismantle it and use the individual components (there are about 54 of them) in your own necklace or earring designs.
The copper component is clear in this bronze belt, giving it a warm glow
The individual discs appear to be made by very fine lost wax casting
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