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Object Number 40-77-40/11733
Display Title Pendant, double horsehead with riders represented
Descriptions
Object Description Fragmentary bronze double horsehead pendant w/ solid cast trapezoidal body. Unique for this type, the horses have riders represented, including their legs cast in relief on the pendant body. At body's bottom are 7 drilled holes; a flat auxiliary pendant shaped like a stylized leg suspends on a single link from each hole. These are "J"-shaped, w/ a small bos where the ankle would be. 7 x 6.5 cm.
Inventory Description Metal, personal, pendant, double horsehead, fragmentary, solid cast trapezoidal
Classification
  • Pendant
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 212
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 6 x 0.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 40-77-40/11733
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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