Garment hook
A bovine head in the round decorates this dress hook of gilded bronze inlaid with turquoise in an abstract design. It is a first rate exmple of a well-known type. For a similar dress hook, see Eumorfopoulos, Volume 2, Plate 40.
- Date
- 4th-3rd century BCE
- In our collection
- since December the 4th, 2016 up to now
- Dimensions
- 13 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/4 in., 1.1 lb. (33.97 × 3.97 × 4.45 cm, 0.5 kg)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Gilded bronze inlaid with turquoise
- Price
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- Composition
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copper 5% oxygen 22% cadmium 47% iron 26%