Bronze Age
Needle
Other: 4 1/2in. (11.4cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Tool
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4672, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1695, p. 442, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5505, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4672
- Richter 1915, no. 1695
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