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Source Description
The diamond-shaped gold ornaments are pierced at each end allowing them to be sewn on clothing. Their original arrangement is unknown.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23599
label
Dress Ornaments
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
23599
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dress Ornaments
description
The diamond-shaped gold ornaments are pierced at each end allowing them to be sewn on clothing. Their original arrangement is unknown.
provenance
[From a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine (?), 1913]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; P. Mavrogordato, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague [catalogue 1921, part II, lot 92 N and O]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
ornaments
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.6
height
1
dimensionsRaw
H of each: 1/4 x W: 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.95 cm)
Source extras
med
gold
creator_ids
6256
15409
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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a0157181ad5357fa
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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8fba7e218b27c80b
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no
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no