Pair of Snake Bracelets
In the ancient Greek and Roman world, snakes symbolized fertility and were believed to ward off evil. It is probably due to the animal's protective associations that solid gold snake rings and bracelets were among the most popular types of Greek and Roman jewelry. Snake bracel...
Artifact
| id |
id
77931
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
object
|
| stage |
stage
normalized
|
| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
|
| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
|
| language |
language
en
|
| pageCount |
pageCount
1
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.528-529_Gp_TR_T05IV.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.528-529_Gp_TR_T05IV.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.528-529_Gp_TR_T05IV.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.63 (57.528, 57.529) |