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Historical Artifacts
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It's kind of creepy to think that an ankle once passed through here. Given the size of this, it's very unlikely that it was opened/closed to remove it from the ancle. This means that the bone either rotted away or was broken at some point.
I mean, the gap looks like it just pries open. I've seen other copper alloy jewelry like that.
If the hole in the middle can fit an ancle, it's 3-4" big. Eyeballing the brass means the ring itself is probably 1" thick. It would be difficult to get it on and off, so I suspect it simply stayed on.