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A symmetrical arrangement of volutes, palmettes, and entwined serpents forms a highly decorative pair of handles that originally were attached to a bronze situla. The pairs of holes at the top of each attachment would have held bronze swing handles.
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Title: Pair of bronze situla (bucket) handles
Period: Archaic
Date: 6th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
Object Number: 08.258.8a, b
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