Gorgeous, Very Old Hand-tooled Leather Chain with Wooden End Piece antique cast bronze box 8 3/4" when not

8 3/4" when not

with a handwritten note above that is a bit hard to read

But really

These two wonderful drinking bowls were made by indigenous Canelos Quichua women in the Oriente (upper Amazonian) region of Ecuador

Gorgeous, Very Old Hand-tooled Leather Chain with Wooden End Piece antique cast bronze box 8 3/4" when notI'd guess this beautiful hand tooled leather chain of sorts was once part of some sort of animal harness, but I'm not completely certain. I spotted it hanging straight down from a wall hook at an antique show in Connecticut this past weekend and thought it was just an absolutely gorgeous, super viscerally satisfying thing. The leather is hardened and nearly black, with an almost tar like crackled surface, with each link in the chain slightly wider