2012.1.55: Bone Hair Pin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.1.55

Title

Bone Hair Pin

Classification

Jewelry

Work Type

jewelry

Date

1st-4th century

Period

Roman Imperial period, Late

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/178673

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bone

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.1.55

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Bone hair pin with a circular-sectioned shaft that tapers to a very sharp point. The finial is incised with a reticular pattern and possibly represents a pinecone. Two deeply incised lines encircle the tip of the finial.

Publication History

• John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), BI33, p. 137 [J. A. Lerner]

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

Subjects and Contexts

• Roman Domestic Art

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