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A golden semicircular band with cone shaped cups at either end.

This is a semicircular band of yellow metal. There are cone shaped cups that flare out from either end of the band. There is a dent in the band about a quarter of the way around. The cone shapes at the terminuses of the band are also dented around there flared edges, so that they are not perfectly circular.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.282
Title
Dress Fastener
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
jewelry
Date
8th-7th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Ireland (Ancient)
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Celtic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289020

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Technique
Hammered
Dimensions
6 x 7.7 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. James J. Sweeney (by 1955). Ann Sweeney Baxter, Chapel Hill, NC, (by 1991), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ann Sweeney Baxter in honor of John Lincoln Sweeney, Curator of the Farnsworth Poetry Room in the Harvard College Library, 1942-69
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.282
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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