158b: Plaques for Fibulae

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/18/3
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 13.6 x 8.3 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of the back of the plaque in the shape of a double-headed bird (1936/01/05/18/02), showing the placement of a vertical pin. The beaks and tip of one 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