Guines Treasure Bracelet

Museum Jewellery Collection

The original bracelet, undecorated, was made by deforming an ingot bar. During excavations, the bracelet was found with other artefacts deposited on the edge of a wetland. In the Bronze Age, people buried treasures, probably offerings to gods, in the ground or in riverbeds.

The deposit, buried around 1200-1100 B.C., included this bracelet, three torque necklaces and a belt, all made of gold.