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Pair of Basket-Shaped Hair Ornaments
ca. 2000 BCE (Isin-Larsa)
This pair of basket-shaped hair ornaments is decorated with granulation and cloisonné.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 11, 1980, lot 104 [name of owner false]; Walters Art Museum, 1980, by purchase.
Measurements
57.2064: 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. (1.9 x 1.9 x 1.85 cm);
57.2065: 13/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in. (2.1 x 2 x 1.8 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1980
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
VO.90 (57.2064, 57.2065)