Cheek Piece
Bit
MS1757B
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1757B |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze | Iron |
| Description | Roughly crescent-shaped, sheet bronze. Each is pierced by 3 holes, one central, oval, and, at each end, a square hole. On the inner surface are numerous (19-22) closely spaced small prongs. At midpoint between the two ends of the crescent there is a projecting element resembling an arrow-head in outline. In 3 cases the central hole is choked with a mass of corroded iron. A bar of iron with a horse's tooth attached was found to join one of the pieces of broken iron in the central hole of one. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Length | 9.4 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 917 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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