AN ETRUSCAN GOLD HAIR SPIRAL

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AN ETRUSCAN GOLD HAIR SPIRAL
6TH CENTURY B.C.
Composed of two parallel wires spiralling in five turns and bent into tight wave formation at the ends to form the terminals, the waves running along a third twisted wire soldered between them, a leaf-shaped plate or serpent's head at each end
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long max.

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PUBLISHED:
H. A. Cahn, Art of Ancient Italy, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, exh. cat., New York, 1970, p. 19, no. 24 g.

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