pair of earrings with female head

MAC BCN-026173

Object type earring

Culture/period Colonisations

Materials gold

Technique embossing, filigree

Mint

Production date -400 / -200

Museum Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona

Current location Exposició permanent

Archaeological site Pollentia

Township Pollentia (Europa, Espanya, Balears, Mallorca)

Dimensions 25 x 15 mm

Description

Pair of earrings in the shape of a female head with brooches turned on a lathe. They came from Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca) and dated from the 1st century AD. They are made from gold sheets. The heads are made with the mold technique, and the clasps with laminated thread. As for the dimensions they are 2.5 and 1.5 cm, a max diameter 05-min-0.2 and a weight of 8.3 g. These types of heads did not have a portrait purpose, since they did not have distinctive features. Despite being peculiar motifs, they were not as widespread as the necklaces of the same period. Damià Mateu Collection.

Omeka ID 2487