A GROUP OF ANATOLIAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN JEWELRY
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000 B.C.
Comprising a pair of crescent earrings, each with a ribbed flange overlaid with filigree wire and bands of granulation forming stripes, tapering to the plain earwire; a necklace formed of faceted gold beads, with two sets gold spacer beads with eight perforations, each flanked by carnelian beads, a single carnelian bead along the length; two gold hairpins, each tall tapering shaft surmounted by a spherical carnelian bead, a double ring of granulation toward the top; eleven sheet domed attachments encircled by a row of granulation; a group of small gold beads formed of a ring of granulation framed by plain wires; and a fragmentary sheet figure, possibly electrum, with incision for the hair and details of the face
Larger hairpin: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) long
A GROUP OF ANATOLIAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN JEWELRY
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000 B.C.
Comprising a pair of crescent earrings, each with a ribbed flange overlaid with filigree wire and bands of granulation forming stripes, tapering to the plain earwire; a necklace formed of faceted gold beads, with two sets gold spacer beads with eight perforations, each flanked by carnelian beads, a single carnelian bead along the length; two gold hairpins, each tall tapering shaft surmounted by a spherical carnelian bead, a double ring of granulation toward the top; eleven sheet domed attachments encircled by a row of granulation; a group of small gold beads formed of a ring of granulation framed by plain wires; and a fragmentary sheet figure, possibly electrum, with incision for the hair and details of the face
Larger hairpin: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) long
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