Wild Tribal Silver Hinged Bangle, 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 bangle -if indeed it was in the first place created as a bangle. 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.