1991.75.33.a-b, Pair of tubular earrings, Etruria, 6th century B.C.E, gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Hoop earrings are perhaps less spectacular than a bauletto earrings (1991.75.13.a-b) or ear studs (
1991.75.15.a-b, Pair of a bauletto earrings with sphinx, Etruria, late 6th century B.C.E.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A baule or
1991.75.17.a-b, Pair of a bauletto earrings with lion masks, Etruria, late 6th century B.C.E.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A baule or
1968.13.a-b, Pair of a bauletto earrings, Etruria, 6th-early 5th century B.c.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A baule or
1991.75.31, Central ornament of a diadem or necklace, Etruria, 5th century B.C.E., gold, stone(?)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This Etruscan ornament consists of an oval box setting and two winged heads of portrait heads with African headdresses in repoussé relief and
1991.75.22, Sphinx clasp, Etruria, second half of the 6th century B.C.E.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Open at the bottom, the bases of these Etruscan clasps are made from two rectangular gold plaques. Two pairs of crouching sphinxes, made in the round from sheet gold, sit on shallow boxes with ribbed side walls.
1991.75.37, Diadem, Etruria, 4th-3rd century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Only a limited number of Etruscan wreaths have survived, although, as in Greece, they played an important role in everyday life.
1991.75.10, Stamped plaque with winged goddess, Etruria, ca. 630 B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Stamped into a thin gold plaque is the frontal image of an Etruscan goddess with a human head, open wings, and a bird's tail spread out like a palmette.