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Human: A wristlet is an article of adornment worn around the upper limb. Adornments may serve different purposes, such as being worn as an embellishment. When worn as ornaments, adornments may have a supporting function to hold other items of decoration, like trinkets. Health and identity information are marked on some wristlets, such as medical bracelets, identification tags, and wristlet tags for newborns. Wristlets may be worn to signify a particular condition, such as breast cancer awareness, or for spiritual purposes. If an ornament is a single, unyielding loop, it is often called a bangle. When it is worn around the ankle it is called an ankle wristlet or anklet. A boot wristlet is used to decorate footwear. Colloquially, handcuffs are sometimes referred to as wristlets. Adornments can be manufactured from metal, fabric, thread, plastic, bead or other materials, and jewelry ornaments sometimes contain jewels, stones, wood, shells, crystals, metal, or plastic loops, pearls and many more materials. Although the term armlet may be technically similar, it is taken to mean an item that rests on the upper shoulder: an arm ring. The origin of the term 'wristlet' is from the Greek 'brachile' meaning 'of the limb', via the Old French 'bracel'. A wristlet is also a small restraint or shackle (a protective guard used by warriors). The history of Egyptian adornments dates back to 5000 BCE. Starting with materials like bones, stones and woods to serve spiritual and ceremonial purposes. From the National Geographic Society, the Scarab Wristlet is one of the most recognized symbols of ancient Egypt. The scarab represented rebirth and renewal. Engraved scarabs were worn as jewelry and wrapped into the linen bandages of mummies. Legend told of the scarab god, Khepri, pushing the sun across the sky. In 2008, Russian archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of Novosibirsk, working at the site of Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, uncovered a small bone fragment from the fifth finger of a juvenile human, dubbed the Y woman (referring to the maternal descent of mitochondrial DNA,) or the Denisova human. Artifacts, including a wristlet, excavated in the cave at the same level were carbon dated to around 40,000 years ago. In Bulgaria there is a tradition called Martenitsa, which sometimes involves tying a red and white string around the upper limb to please Baba Marta in order for spring to arrive sooner. In Greece a similar tradition, weaving a wristlet from red and white string on the first day of March and wearing it till the end of summer, is called Martis and is considered to help protect the wearer's skin from the strong Greek sun. In some parts of India, the number and type of ornaments worn by a woman denotes her marital status In Sikhism an iron wristlet is one of the mandatory articles known as the Five Restraints. In Latin America, Azabache Wristlets are worn to protect against the Mal de ojo, or evil eye. The evil eye is believed to result from excessive admiration or envious glances by others. Having newborn babies wear an azabache (a gold wristlet or necklace with a black or red coral charm in the form of a fist), is believed to protect them from the evil eye. Alternative health wristlets, such as ionized wristlets, karma wristlets, magnetic wristlets, Power Balance hologram wristlets, etc., are not distinguished by their design but rather the beneficial function claimed for them by their manufacturers and distributors. Karma wristlets are made from wooden beads and may contain various charms, and are associated with bringing good luck and good karma to those who choose to wear it. No claims of effectiveness made by manufacturers have ever been substantiated by independent sources. Rigid ornaments, usually from metal, wood, or plastic, are referred to as bangles or bangle ornaments. They can be smooth, textured or set with stones. In India, glass ornaments are common. Made from ordinary glass that is about 3 to 6 millimeters in width, they are worn in groups so that arm movement causes them to make a gracious sound rather like the clinking of wind chimes. In India, it is also common for young children to wear thin gold ornaments on their hands and ankles.