Hair Ring
Object Number:
MS3346A
Current Location:
Etruscan Italy Gallery
Culture:
Greek
Etruscan (uncertain)
Provenience:
Italy
Date Made:
699-500 BC
Early Date:
-699
Late Date:
-500
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Gold
Description:
Hair Spirals. Intact, identical pair. Flattened strip of gold wound around spirally in 2 complete turns, each end forming part of an additional turn. The sides of the strip are decorated with fine cord pattern. Applique decoration on each or the turns: 4 small disks on each turn, parallel to one another. A similar small disk at one end of strip.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000)
Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 173, no. 161; p. C4, pl. 15
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