Modern reconstruction of ancient beads and monkey pendant
Amber pendants and beads reconstructed. The isolated monkey pendant may have been part of a necklace or worn as a amulet.
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Amber pendants and beads reconstructed. The isolated monkey pendant may have been part of a necklace or worn as a amulet.
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Title: Modern reconstruction of ancient beads and monkey pendant
Period: Archaic
Date: primarily 7th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Amber
Dimensions: Overall length of necklace, 49 1/2" monkey pendant; H 1 1/4" x D. 7/8" x W. 3/8"
Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber
Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992
Accession Number: 1992.11.50
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