Thai Ban Chiang Bronze Bracelet akuabafigures woven from the roots of

woven from the roots of the Makenge bush (Cryptolepis oblongifolia)

Semicircular

they may involve herbs

and the highly practical tree-bark fibre carrier bags—noken or bilum

while special gauze weavings were used as headdresses to cover the heads of the dead for ritual and magical purposes

Thai Ban Chiang Bronze Bracelet akuabafigures woven from the roots ofBan Chiang Culture, c. 300 BC 150 AD, Northeastern Thailand, Southeast Asia An impressive cast leaded bronze arm ring from the Ban Chiang culture of prehistoric Northeast Thailand or Laos. Expertly shaped with a cylindrical profile, the bracelet is adorned with repeated low relief braided design a decorative vocabulary that resonates with the visual traditions of neighboring ng Sn art from northern Vietnam. Though now beautifully encrusted with age,