Gold and copper alloy spiral

Gold and copper alloy spiral

Description:

These ornaments may have served as earrings or hair spirals.


Other: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3346, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3346