300–200 BCE
Bronze inlaid with silver
Overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1947.3
Here, the rectangular socket of the bow-support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.
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