Carved nut bracelet

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeNorth America

MediumNut, nylon thread

DimensionsOverall: 11/16 x 4 5/16 in. (1.75 x 11 cm)

ClassificationsOptical T&E

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.132

Object numberFA.2010.97.132

DescriptionBracelet with 16 nuts/beads, 12 carved. Every third bead is followed by a smaller uncarved one. Carvings are of a pig, rabbit, dog, monkey, ram, deer, coiled snake, tiger, rat. The thread used for stringing forms a macramed square and one end falls to a knot and the other to a tassel.

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