Hinged Tribal Silver, origin Gujerat west India, totally handcrafted, probably around the mid 1900s, worn a little on one side where it would have sat next to another Silver piece. The interior diameter of the piece is 60mm which, while normal in the West, is bigger than most Tribal Indian Silver bangles of the same period; it was quite likely made and worn as an anklet.
The above bangle/anklet is of high Silver content, 90% plus. For the Tribals of India, Silver has always been a store of wealth, usually worn by the women, commissioned in times of plenty, sold in times of need: a vital economic cog in Tribal village life. In the 1980s when a run on Silver on global financial markets caused a substantial rise in its price, triggering a feverish melting down and exporting of huge amounts of stored Indian Silver, social unrest across the country jolted the Delhi government to enforce a temporary ban on the export of Silver bullion.
The weight and high Silver content of this Hinged Tribal piece indicated the wealth and prestige of the wearer.

Note: at current world Silver prices, when one of the main precious metal refineries of Sydney takes the Silver “scrap” of its client and refines it down to pure Silver, if the client elects to take payment through bank transfer rather than Silver bullion, the payout per gram for 999 Silver stands at $1.67. At that current world Silver price, the above Hinged Tribal piece would fetch around $250. That makes the $360 asking price, which includes GST, a very good price.