Bronze toggle pin - image 1

Middle Bronze Age II

Bronze toggle pin

These pins, of Asiatic origin, were made in Cyprus throughout the Middle Bronze Age and into the Late Bronze Age. The eyelet was punched through the bronze after the pin was cast. length 5 5/8in. (14.3cm)

Date

1900 - 1600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5522

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4678, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 892, p. 303, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 93, pp. 56-57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.