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Source Description
This gold straight pin is topped with a red glass bead set in a finial. Braided gold wire and granulated triangles surround the bead. Tiny spheres forming more triangles decorate the underside of the finial, some perhaps lost. The pin is gently twisted below the finial. Although it appears to be garnet, the bead in this pin was determined to be glass after close examination by two gemologists from the Natural History Museum.
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Document identity
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149362
label
Straight Pin
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object
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1
Source metadata
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149362
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object
title
Straight Pin
description
This gold straight pin is topped with a red glass bead set in a finial. Braided gold wire and granulated triangles surround the bead. Tiny spheres forming more triangles decorate the underside of the finial, some perhaps lost. The pin is gently twisted below the finial. Although it appears to be garnet, the bead in this pin was determined to be glass after close examination by two gemologists from the Natural History Museum.
date
c. 500 BCE
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757079
genreSpecific
Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
cul
Etruscan
accession
1978.25
Source extras
tec
gold and glass
tombstone
Straight Pin, c. 500 BCE. Etruscan. Gold and glass; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner, 1978.25
collection
GR - Etruscan
didYouKnow
This pin was likely used to pin back women’s hair.
citations
citation
"Annual Report for 1978." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 5 (1979).
page_number
p. 192
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Ratner
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:41:11.358000
sourceId
149362
dept
Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Etruscan
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gold and glass
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1
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0
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photo
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