Pendant from Necklace

5th-4th century BCE (Achaemenid) H: 3/8 in. (0.95 cm) Citation Source image

This element from a necklace is solid cast of gold in the shape of a boar's head. The ears are attached to a hollow tube of sheet gold which held the bead rigid.

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Collection of Arthur U. Pope [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; George Hewitt Myers [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Textile Museum, Washington D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1977, by purchase.
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