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Whorl

Italic
Archaic Period

Medium/Technique Amber
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 0.045 D.
Credit Line Gift of Miss C. Wissmann
Accession Number02.249
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment

DescriptionDark red, circular piece, thin at the edge and depressed in the center, where a hole is bored; surface rough.
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