Bird Finial. Intact, although probably came from a much larger, ornate object. Hawk-like bird constructed from two stamped sheets of gold, formed with relief for eyes, beak, cheeks, rounded form of breast, wings, and rump/tail.
Turfa, Jean M. "Etruscan Gold from Cerveteri (and Elsewhere) in the University of Pennsylvania Museum." In New Perspectives on Etruria and Early Rome: In Honor of Richard De Puma, by Sinclair Bell and Helen Nagy, 91-118. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2009. See: p. 99, fig. 6.4; p. 96
Turfa, Jean M. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005. See: p. 215, no. 225; p. C4, pl. 18
White, Donald J., Ann B. Brownlee, Irene B. Romano, and Jean M. Turfa. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2002. See: p. 27, no. 42
