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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.250
Title
Bow-shaped Fragment with Knob
Other Titles
Alternate Title: small package of Etruscan fragments (small handle)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
fragment
Date
7th-2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period
Archaic period to Hellenistic
Culture
Etruscan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303986

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Leaded bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Leaded Bronze:
Cu, 62.35; Sn, 4.51; Pb, 32.05; Zn, 0.014; Fe, 0.06; Ni, 0.04; Ag, 0.08; Sb, 0.22; As, 0.56; Bi, 0.055; Co, 0.06; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001

J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina is predominantly green with tan accretions. The object is broken at one end. It is a solid cast and was finished with cold working after casting.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.250
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This curving fragment, triangular in section, is narrowest at the broken end, widening and flatting as it arches sharply to the top, which seems to be intact. On the top is a protruding boss consisting of two splayed discs, with the area between them deeply scooped out. The object is of unknown use; the intact portion does not resemble the bows of fibulae and seems closest to being a very small handle.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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