Silver spiral - image 1

Geometric III

Silver spiral

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)

Date

899 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3263

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.