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Pin

ca. 1000 BCE or later (?)
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pin
  • Date: ca. 1000 BCE or later (?)
  • Geography: Made in County Cavan, Ireland
  • Culture: Irish
  • Medium: Copper alloy
  • Dimensions: 12 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 15/16 in. (30.6 × 5.3 × 2.4 cm)
    (pin only): 12 1/16 × 15/16 in. (30.6 × 2.4 cm)
    (ring only): 2 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 13/16 in. (6.5 × 5.3 × 2 cm)
    (width of ring band): 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.125.4a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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