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Title: Dress ornament
Date: ca. 5th century BCE
Geography: Northern Black Sea region, possibly from Maikop
Culture: Scythian
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 1/16 in. (2.9 × 2.9 × 0.2 cm)
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession Number: 24.97.52
“The Art of the Jeweler: a Selection from the Collections of the Museum.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 20, 1940–March 9, 1941.
“Gold.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 14, 1973–September 9, 1973.
“From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C.-100 B.C.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 19, 1975–September 4, 1975.
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department,” MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Japan, The Aiche Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1983.
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