[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/nucifrangibulum-nutcracker/CQFmqY54ZXdNFg). Nutcrackers in the shape of female forearms, fitted with a hinge on the inside of the joined hands. The forearms are adorned with snake-like bracelets made of gold, a recurring model in the repertoire of goldsmiths in the Hellenistic period, attesting to the growing use of precious metals. This product of artistic metalworking in Taranto clearly had a symbolic meaning in the funerary sphere which has yet to be determined.
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[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/nucifrangibulum-nutcracker/CQFmqY54ZXdNFg). Nutcrackers in the shape of female forearms, fitted with a hinge on the inside of the joined hands. The forearms are adorned with snake-like bracelets made of gold, a recurring model in the repertoire of goldsmiths in the Hellenistic period, attesting to the growing use of precious metals. This product of artistic metalworking in Taranto clearly had a symbolic meaning in the funerary sphere which has yet to be determined.