Model
Votive
MS2434A
From: Italy | Etruria | Populonia (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS2434A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italic | Sardinian | Nuragic |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Populonia (uncertain) |
Period | Early Iron Age |
Date Made | 900 BCE to 600 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Technique | Cast |
Iconography | Pharetra | Quiver |
Description | Two twin pieces - votive quivers; see also MS 275. Flat votive objects, quiver-shaped. Obverse shows raised outline of a dagger in a pocket; reverse has outline of three arrows, feathers upward. On the straight edge, two ringlike projections, pierced in center. Point at bottom of uiver thickens into series of two balls. |
Length | 12.4 cm |
Width | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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