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Necklace
Italic
Orientalizing
7th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Latium, Praeneste (Palestrina)
Medium/Technique
Amber
Dimensions
Length: 58 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss C. Wissmann
Accession Number02.259
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionDark red amber long cylindrical amber beads alternating between triangular beads (pouches?) and umbrella-shaped beads, which may be meant to represent flowers or another botanic shape. The large pendant in the center appears to imitate a complex bulla with four pouches hanging from its bottom-side.
ProvenanceAccording to the MFA Annual Report for 1902 the Buffum collection included a group of objects that "were all found at Palestrina many years ago, in the excavations conducted by Signor Castellani, Mr. Buffum being present at the time of their discovery"; by date unknown: William Arnold Buffum Collection (died 1901); 1901: inherited by Miss Charlotte Wissmann; gift of Miss Charlotte Wissmann to MFA, May 1, 1902