158b: Plaques for Fibulae

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/18/2
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 13.5 x 10.3 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a plaque in the shape of a double-headed bird. The left hand beak and part of head, the right hand beak, and the tip of the left wing are missing, and are imagined with dotted lines. Something has been whited out in the lower right corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Plaques for Fibulae (a,b) in the form of eagles: before 700 B.C."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/18], 158: Carvings in Ivory and Bone