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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.495.77
Title
Needle
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
needle
Date
1-400 CE
Period
Roman period
Culture
Roman?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174378

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
8.75 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.495.77
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 152/fig. 76

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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