Bronze Etruscan Harpago
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- Reference #MW_GR_1006
- CivilizationEtruscan, 600 B.C.E.
- SizeH. 33 cm
- ConditionFine Condition, some of the tips are reattached.
- PricePrice available upon request
- ProvenancePrivate Collection P.C. Nuremberg
A bronze Etruscan harpago, or underwater sponge collecting hook, with seven curved tines set radially around a central torus. The hook piece is set upon a large handle with a coiled design along its shaft. An additional pair of tines protrudes just below the torus at the top of the coiled shaft.
Reference: Cf. MFA Bronzes, p. 421, fig. 608. Published: HASB 1, 1975, 21ff