Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
34894
label
Cage Bead
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
34894
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cage Bead
description
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.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
beads (pierced objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/4 in. (1.91 cm)
Source extras
med
gold
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ea56358c0782db93