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1923.1

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Diadem

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Artist

Artist Unidentified

Title

Diadem

Creation Date

800 BCE-700 BCE

Century

8th century BCE

Dimensions

1 5/16 in. x 8 1/4 in. (3.3 cm. x 21 cm.)

Object Type

jewelry/adornment

Creation Place

Ancient Mediterranean, Greece

Medium and Support

electrum

Credit Line

Gift of Edward Perry Warren, Esq., Honorary Degree, 1926

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1923.1

Object Description

consists of a strip of electrum decorated with stars and asterisks in relief and applied studs; the band is in a couple of fragments and several small pieces are missing; old photographs show that at some point it was taken off a backing

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