Cage Bead
Gold sheet rolled into a cylinder, a rectangular window cut out and edged with smooth and twisted wire. The window is filled with a network of wire with granules fixed over points of contact. Narrow strips of metal reinforce the ends of the cylinder.
Artifact
| id |
id
34894
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|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1583_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1583_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1583_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1583 |
Terms
Medium
gold
Genre
beads (pierced objects)