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Object Number
40-77-40/12870
Display Title
Button
Descriptions
Object Description
Bronze button in the form of four horseheads arranged in mirror-image "playing card" fashion. The back has a small loop with a ridge running through it, and two rivet holes, one with a rivet. Probably a harness ornament like (40-77-40/12871), but related in style to the double horsehead pendant (40-77-40/12881). 3.3 x 2.7 cm.
Inventory Description
Metal, personal, button, openwork, squarish, horses heads, loop in the back
Classification
- Button
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
Slovenia
/
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<County>
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<City>
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Vinica
Intrasite
Destroyed grave N
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 3.4 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-77-40/12870
Provenance
Provenance
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg
(1906)
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