Ornament
Handle
48-2-144
From: Turkey (Country)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-144 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Parthian | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Dog Head |
| Description | Utensil handle: dog head on wire. Object cleaned to metal in 1966. The end of the wire is broken. The wolf-like head of a dog has large bulging eyes outlined by grooves. It is set into a curved piece of wire, round in section. The head is flat and plain underneath and is pierced by a modern nail hole. |
| Length | 5.3 cm |
| Thickness | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 11 - Collector Number | L-2-64 - Old Loan Number |
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