Gold chevron-shaped earring - image 1

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)

Date

599 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3163

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3163, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.