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Thai Ban Chiang Bronze Bracelet la tolita embodies the intense ritual historyBan Chiang Culture, c. 300 BC 150 AD, Northeastern Thailand, Southeast Asia An impressive cast leaded bronze bracelet 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 spiral motifs a decorative vocabulary that resonates with the visual traditions of neighboring ng Sn art from northern Vietnam. Though now beautifully encrusted with age,