Bronze hook-pin

Minoan

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Different uses have been proposed for this object type including weaving, as a hair ornament, and as a prototype for the fibula or safety pin.

Bronze hook-pin, Bronze, Minoan

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