Section “Grooming” (Showcase 18)

Silver Bracelets
From the cemetery of tumuli comes a pair of silver bracelets dating to the 5th century BC.
They belonged to a young 18 to 19-year-old woman, who wore them on her wrists.
In antiquity, it was fashionable to wear bracelets in pairs, either as bracelets over the elbow or as wristlets, like today.
They were precious jewels that had been imported to Abdera. The rounded hoop with the animal’s head terminals is of Oriental origin. These particular bracelets ended in lion heads.
The young woman lived at a time when Abdera was going through a period of great affluence, private prosperity and state wealth. This simple, classical piece of jewellery should be placed in this context.