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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 948227, member: 10944"]Malaysian would make more sense based on the small bit of the picture I got at the sale. Not sure if you saw my post a couple weeks back on the Kris Swords/daggers. They were most Filipino. Turns out the man who owned all the items had a Filipino father or a father who lived in the Philippines. I’m guessing he lived there early 20th or late 19th Century. I overheard part of a story where he would pick up antiques off of trucks that were driven around the country. I assume they would roll through the villages and buy old stuff from poor villagers and then hawk it in the cities. Anyways he had a good amount of very old stuff from the Philippines including a lot of church related items. It would make sense for the bracelet to come from this part of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside diameter just a smidge under 2.25”. I assumed it was brass but upon further inspection it’s a thin layer of metal formed over and inner base. Possibly vermeil outer layer? Not sure what type of materials they used. The inner base may be copper or brass?</p><p><br /></p><p>It was priced at $150 but it was the very end of the day, I had bought a bunch of other stuff, I have a good relationship with the sale runner, and I’m sure he knew that was high number for an estate sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: btw I posted new photos in reply to first request.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit 2: oh and the stone or glass is definitely green not black.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 948227, member: 10944"]Malaysian would make more sense based on the small bit of the picture I got at the sale. Not sure if you saw my post a couple weeks back on the Kris Swords/daggers. They were most Filipino. Turns out the man who owned all the items had a Filipino father or a father who lived in the Philippines. I’m guessing he lived there early 20th or late 19th Century. I overheard part of a story where he would pick up antiques off of trucks that were driven around the country. I assume they would roll through the villages and buy old stuff from poor villagers and then hawk it in the cities. Anyways he had a good amount of very old stuff from the Philippines including a lot of church related items. It would make sense for the bracelet to come from this part of the world. Inside diameter just a smidge under 2.25”. I assumed it was brass but upon further inspection it’s a thin layer of metal formed over and inner base. Possibly vermeil outer layer? Not sure what type of materials they used. The inner base may be copper or brass? It was priced at $150 but it was the very end of the day, I had bought a bunch of other stuff, I have a good relationship with the sale runner, and I’m sure he knew that was high number for an estate sale. Edit: btw I posted new photos in reply to first request. Edit 2: oh and the stone or glass is definitely green not black.[/QUOTE]
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