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Gold pin - 254800 Web

Gold pin is on the view at Metropolitan museum of Art in Gallery 171, is exquisite work of gold art from Late Helladic IIIA. Mycenaean art from 14th century B.C. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art "Pins with a hole in the shaft like this one have been found in Syria and Palestine, and on Cyprus at Middle and Late Bronze Age sites." The dimensions of the gold pin is 2 5/16in. (5.9cm.) length. The founder is Rogers Fund, 1954. The object is in a public domain and can be seen at museum's website:

 

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Uploaded on March 7, 2021