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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 567549, member: 2844&quot;]Yours is lovely, kyra. The gold makes it look more delicate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly! When putting on a cuff bracelet you always run the risk of an arterial bleed.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> In spite of that, a cuff bracelet is a bracelet, no need to research any other possibilities, when something has been a bracelet for centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethnic jewellery is meant for spiritual protection and to emphasize identity, not for comfortable wear. I have a couple of Turkmen cuff bracelets, different sizes. Most don&#039;t make for comforable wear, they are very rigid and chafe. It looks like this one was never made for a human wrist:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]172657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The inner shape of this one, one of my favourites, is more rounded, but the triangular edges top and bottom keep hacking into my hand. To be worn with thick gloves only<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]172658[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the subject of comfort, this Yemeni bride doesn&#039;t look too happy, but everything she is wearing is about protection, identity and status:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Tl7mYbfhCK0%2FTlWzLwDsV5I%2FAAAAAAAAAFc%2Fbf-PMoRd9EI%2Fs1600%2Fyemenbride002.jpg&amp;sp=9b812fa1e8963d46a4d346264be76863" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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