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Fragment of a Tool or Clasp (?)
Cypriote
Bronze Age, Middle or Late Cypriote Period
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
2.6 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.4900
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 563.
DescriptionThin and flat; it may be a hook part of a clasp but more probably a portion of a tool. Most of the handle and part of the blade are broken off. Incrusted green patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and also includes 72.4871-72.4900 which were part of the original purchase as apparatus and not given 1872 accession numbers until the 1960s)
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and also includes 72.4871-72.4900 which were part of the original purchase as apparatus and not given 1872 accession numbers until the 1960s)