Archaic II
Gold chevron-shaped earring
This form of earring may have been the antecedent of the boat-shaped variety. Other: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 599 - 400 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.3162
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3162, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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