Pendant in form of a snake

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Description

brass, slight traces of corrosion, base;
probably depicting “bitis”, the sneaky viper. Women who had to work in the fields wore the very thin and beautifully forged iron snakes along the length of the calves to prevent snakebites.

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Comparing literature

Durieu, Maine, Bronzes Gan, Paris 2005, p. 49

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