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Image Not Available for Hair or Dress Pin
Hair or Dress Pin
Image Not Available for Hair or Dress Pin
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Hair or Dress Pin

Possible OriginAsia
CultureSumerian or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
PeriodEarly Bronze Age
Date3rd Millennium BCE
MediumBronze, carnelian, marble, other stone
Credit LineGift of Michael and Janet Schlossberg
Dimensions4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Object number2002.025.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, December 2002 - February 2003.
ProvenanceEx private collection. Purchased by MCCM from Joseph Coplin (1965-2022) and Robin Beningson [Antiquarium, Ltd.], New York, New York.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art