Dress ornament

Until 1924, collection of Alexandre Merle de Massonneau, who acquired material from the Caucasus area of south Russia and Crimea in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Leskov 2008, p. 1); acquired by the Museum in 1924, purchased from the Massonneau collection in Paris by John Marshall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s agent in Europe.

“The Art of the Jeweler: a Selection from the Collections of the Museum.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 20, 1940–March 9, 1941.

“From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C.-100 B.C.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 19, 1975–September 4, 1975.

Alexander, Christine. 1925. "Jewelry and miscellaneous small antiquities: Recent Accessions." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 20 (7), pp. 180-181, fig. 7.

Alexander, Christine. 1928. Jewelry, the art of the goldsmith in classical times as illustrated in the museum collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 47-48, fig. 102.

Dimand, Maurice S. and H.E. McAllister. 1944. Near Eastern Jewelry, a picture book. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, fig. 2.

Harper, Prudence O. 1973-1974. "The Maikop Treasure." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32 (5), From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R. 3000 B.C.-100 B.C.(1973–1974), no. 15, p. 160.

Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, p. 225.