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Beads

Etruscan (Artist)
7th-6th century BCE (Orientalizing-Archaic)
gold
(Roman Empire )

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.

Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called "Jugoslavian Treasure"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1984-1987 Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1979-1980 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
12/12/1978 Examination examined for condition
3/22/1984 Treatment repaired
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Geographies

Italy (Etruria) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

1 3/4 x 3 1/16 in. (4.4 x 7.9 cm)
5/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in. (0.8 x 0.55 x 0.55 cm) beads

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury

Accession Number

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57.405

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