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This pair of earrings represents a smaller, variant version of another pair in the Dallas Museum of Art's collection (1991.75.29.a-b). One of the curved hollow tubes terminates with a globule, now missing on the other piece. Each piece is decorated with a small repoussé female head with severe features. The heavy coiffure is parted in the center, with single strands of hair indicated by parallel striation. Crowning the head is a diadem decorated with embossed tongue-shaped ornaments. Plain and beaded wire circlets are attached at the base of the neck, and at the join of tube and globule on the other end. On piece "b" the knob on the end opposite to the head is missing.
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Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 36; 126.
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- updated geo x refs and provenance (moved previously entered provenance as a text entry)
- added Ancient Gold Jewelry publication as a text entry in TMS
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Until 1991: probably Collection of Dr. Athos Moretti, Switzerland (presented by Robert Haber, New York) [1]
From 1991: Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
[1] based on existing provenance entry in TMS
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- Jewelry was far more than merely ornament to the Etruscans; it was often close to being a magic charm or amulet and implied the protection of the gods.
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General Description
This pair of earrings represents a smaller, variant version of another pair in the Dallas Museum of Art's collection (1991.75.29.a-b). One of the curved hollow tubes terminates with a globule, now missing on the other piece. Each piece is decorated with a small repoussé female head with severe features. The heavy coiffure is parted in the center, with single strands of hair indicated by parallel striation. Crowning the head is a diadem decorated with embossed tongue-shaped ornaments. Plain and beaded wire circlets are attached at the base of the neck, and at the join of tube and globule on the other end. On piece "b" the knob on the end opposite to the head is missing.
Adapted from
Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 36; 126.
Fun Facts
- Jewelry was far more than merely ornament to the Etruscans; it was often close to being a magic charm or amulet and implied the protection of the gods.
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Notes
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- updated geo x refs and provenance (moved previously entered provenance as a text entry)
- added Ancient Gold Jewelry publication as a text entry in TMS
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1991: probably Collection of Dr. Athos Moretti, Switzerland (presented by Robert Haber, New York) [1]
From 1991: Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
[1] based on existing provenance entry in TMS
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