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Phallic amulet
Greco-Roman
Greco-Roman Period
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number68.43
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 277.
DescriptionA winged phallos is suspended from a loop. Another phallos extends below, and a similar, small member protrudes rearward. Black patina with encrustation.
ProvenanceProbably 1908 or later: Edward Perry Warren Collection (gift to MFA as Apparatus); accessioned as Gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, March 13, 1967