700-1100 AD, Viking Age. A fine silver bracelet comprised of a single strand of silver with one terminal shaped into a truncated lozenge and decorated with incised lines forming a detailed snake's head. The other terminal is shaped into a crown-esque bauble. In Norse mythology, Jormungand (pronounced “YOUR-mun-gand;” Old Norse Jörmungandr, “Great Beast”), also called the “Midgard Serpent,” is a snake or dragon who lives in the ocean that surrounds Midgard, the visible world. He was so enormous that his body forms a circle around the entirety of Midgard. He’s one of the three children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, along with Hel and Fenrir. Excellent condition, wearable.Size: L:72mm / W:85mm ; 78.8g; Provenance: Private Kent collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK art market.