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Harness Decoration, 100–300
Celtic or Roman
Copper alloy; 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in. (6.6 x 6.9 x 1 cm)
Gift of Alastair B. Martin, 1948 (48.154.5)

With their sinuous, asymmetrical designs and swirling arrangements of commas, circles, and fan shapes, this varied group of objects conveys the pervasiveness of a Celtic aesthetic in the western provinces during the first centuries A.D.

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    Harness Decoration, 100–300
    Celtic or Roman
    Copper alloy; 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in. (6.6 x 6.9 x 1 cm)
    Gift of Alastair B. Martin, 1948 (48.154.5)