Jewellery fragment

Title
Jewellery fragment
Year/Period
Unknown
Region
Java, Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: L 2.5 x W 0.3
Accession No.
1997-03813
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ng

This piece of jewellery fragment decorated with granules could possibly have been a fastener for a necklace. The techniques of casting, granulation and soldering were already known in the 3rd century to Javanese goldsmiths who had begun to use heat to work gold.