Cultural Jewellery
Date: First half of 2nd century B.C.
Artist: Unknown
Materials: Gold Country: Greece
Title: Bracelet showing Snakes
In Ancient Greek jewellery commonly consisted of gold beads shaped like shells, and flowers. Bracelets were mainly used on both hands over either elbow or around the wrist, the appearance of the bracelet may seem simple at first, made from solid materials which then forms a spiral or open with or without decorations.
In mythology the snake stands for fertility or creation of birth. For both Greek and Egyptian mythology, the snake represented eternity. Ouroboros, the Greek symbol for eternity, which consisted a snake curled in a circle or hoop, biting it's own tail, it is also believe that snakes would eat themselves and are reborn from the endless cycle of both destruction and creation.
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