Thai Ban Chiang Bronze Bracelet akuabafigures framing her delicately modeled face

framing her delicately modeled face

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

This fragment of goat skull provides a rare direct connection to the Ertebølle culture

making a hole

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 framing her delicately modeled faceBan 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,