Its obviously a bracelet but.....?

[s.c.shooter]

I found this in the S.C. low country under a huge oak tree. Its a bracelet made of some kind of wire (copper?) but it has a really detailed hand in the shape of a fist on each end. Has anyone seen any like this before?

 

[vhs07]

Any early Spanish history there? They used the fist symbol to ward off the evil eye.

 

[Ant]

It could be African or slave related too. But I don't see the patina for it being i the soil under a tanic acid oak tree. It might be a copper rheumatism bracelet.
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrTcXVb_K5VdFQAYmuInIlQ?ei=UTF-8&p=copper+rheumatism+bracelet&fr2=sp-qrw-corr-top&norw=1

 

[Ant]

I should write that I see the patina but not the corrosion.

 

[s.c.shooter]

There was a big patch of white sand under the tree. I don't know if that makes a difference or not. It's just as I found it. I was surprised at the condition myself.

 

[nsdq]

where is Breezy she is good at id'ing these things..... willing to bet a clay marble it is a slave bracelet

 

[Ant]

When I write slave related I mean that some Black people culturally wear copper around wrist, ankle or neck for the medical benefits of copper.

 

[DirtStalker]

I found this in the S.C. low country under a huge oak tree. Its a bracelet made of some kind of wire (copper?) but it has a really detailed hand in the shape of a fist on each end. Has anyone seen any like this before?

Try Figa Fist.....??

 

[Ant]

I do believe tylerbdad nailed it;
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrTcYNrCq9Vo60ANU2InIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTc4NARfcgMyBGJjawNmNzRsbmpkYWdsMDFwJTI2YiUzRDMlMjZzJTNEaDcEZnIDBGdwcmlkA0dTUk1ZTlM4UlRpSWtIQnY0WVN2bkEEbXRlc3RpZANudWxsBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNpbWFnZXMuc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAwRxc3RybAMxOARxdWVyeQNGaWdhIEZpc3QgYnJhY2VsZXQEdF9zdG1wAzE0Mzc1MzQ4ODMEdnRlc3RpZANudWxs?gprid=GSRMYNS8RTiIkHBv4YSvnA&pvid=7KB1MzIwNi7zkrebVQqAOQxdNjYuMgAAAAAow5HK&p=Figa+Fist+bracelet&fr=&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt

 

[Ant]

It does have a African origin. And I wouldn't doubt that it is slave related, look at that housemaid cuff on the one that you found, see at this link:
Figa

It has a wild Urban Dictionary definition...

 

[sutphin]

SLAVE ITEM WITH SOME IMPORTANT HISTORY . HELLUVA BRACELET.................................

 

[ARC]

Bracelet.

 

[s.c.shooter]

Yep! Looks like it. Thanks gang