Figurine
Buckle
48-2-155
From: Italy | Etruria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-155 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria |
| Date Made | 599-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Bull Head |
| Description | Bull's head. Green patina. Intact. Flat mask of bull's head, with a slit at bottom to indicate the mouth, and shallow engraved eyes. There is a ring at top of the head between horns. Projecting ends of a bar across the back at the level of the eyes, form the ears in the front. Hair and horns are grooved. Nostrils are punched dots. |
| Height | 5.8 cm |
| Width | 4.65 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 278 - Collector Number | L-2-277 - Old Loan Number |
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