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Frontal view of a grey female bust with four gold bands of many fine links, two draped over the shoulders and two plunging from the breast bone sweeping below the breasts and going behind the back. The four converge between the breasts, where each band ends in a head which connects to a centerpiece, a purple gem surrounded by eight smaller sockets, four empty and four with red stones — Gold body chain for a slight woman or a girl. Frontal view with an amethyst and four garnets; four other gems are missing (4th or 5th century Romano British, part of the Hoxne hoard)^[1]

Byzantine body chain found as part of the Asyut Treasure, Egypt c. 600 AD (British Museum)^[2]

Gold chain from the sixteenth century, Sweden.

Jewellery chains, jewelery chains or body chains are metal chains are used in jewellery to encircle parts of the body, namely the neck, wrists and ankles, and they also serve as points to hang decorative charms and pendants.