Hair Ring
66-6-7B
From: Northeast Aegean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 66-6-7B |
| Current Location | On Loan |
| Provenience | Northeast Aegean |
| Period | Early Bronze Age |
| Date Made | 2400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Electrum | Gold |
| Description | Eight hair rings, each cast flat with a tang spreading out in five to seven prongs (or ridges). Tang is hammered into round wire, and then entire piece is curled into "shell" shape. Each gives appearance of having been made of separate wires soldered together. "a" has seven prongs; "b-d" six prongs each; "e-h" five prongs each. Similar to Early Bronze Age jewelry of Troy, Lemnos (Poliochni), and Ur. |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966 |
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