आसान/ आथिनि - A Silver bangle

The slightly irregularly formed ring has been made of a length of sheet silver where the pattern of the outside of the ring has been hammered in diagonal lines of two grooves passed by a slight chisel, changing with a line of 6 to 7 square holes. The open bangle ends in two rings of silver put in four rounds each end to keep the opening in sight. The Inventory states that its decoration is of ‘oblique grooves and dots, spiral-like metal threads’ at each end. Diameter 7 cm-6.5 (outside), 5 cm – 4.5cm (inside), thickness 1cm (height and brought, but irregular in the bending).