Silver spiral

Silver spiral

Description:

Produced in Cyprus over a very long time, in metals both precious and base, such spirals may have served as finger rings or hair spirals, or both.


Other: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Period:

Geometric III

Date:

899 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3263, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3263