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Summary

Artist Anonymous ( Mesopotamia)
Title Pair of Basket-Shaped Hair Ornaments
Description
English: This pair of basket-shaped hair ornaments is decorated with granulation and cloisonné.
Date circa 2000 BC (Isin-larsa period)
Medium gold
Dimensions

57.2064: 1.9 × 1.9 × 1.85 cm (0.7 × 0.7 × 0.7 in);

57.2065: 2.1 × 2 × 1.8 cm (0.8 × 0.8 × 0.7 in)
Accession number 57.2064, 57.2065
Credit line Museum purchase, 1980
Ownership history
  • Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 11, 1980, lot 104 [name of owner false]
  • Walters Art Museum, 1980, by purchase
place of origin Greece
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