Earring

MS3345B

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3345B
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy
Date Made 599-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Description

Earring (of "a baule" type). One of a pair. With granular and filigree work. Cylindrical, a section open. The exterior is decorated with 3 lines of small bosses with a line of beading above, below, and between. On one side of the opening a cut-out palmette extends partway across.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Depth 1.4 cm
Outside Diameter 1.4 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 8 - Other Number

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