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Pin with Bird2000-1500 B.C.

Not on view
Bronze pin with heavy blue-green patina, long slender shaft topped with a flat, four-pointed star-shaped finial
Bronze pin with a bird-shaped finial atop a slender rod, heavily patinated with green and blue corrosion across the surface, photographed against a dark background.

Unknown, Pin with Bird, 2000-1500 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Shinji Shumeikai Acquisition Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Pin with Bird
Place Made
Northern Afghanistan
Date Made
2000-1500 B.C.
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
5 7/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (13.81 × 3.81 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Shinji Shumeikai Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
AC1995.5.12
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient