PEABODY— COLLECTION OF BRONZES 



Length, 7.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83360. 



Fig. 2. — Bow globular, hollow; hinge broken off; channel short, 

 opening to the left; ornament absent. 



Vide Montelius: Ser. A, no. 60; Forrer, pi. 57, 6f. 

 Period, Early Iron age. 

 Length, 5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83595. 



Fig. 3. — Bow semicircular; hinge, two and one-half circles to the 

 left; channel nearly upright, long and with one egg-shaped knob at 

 the end slightly elevated; decoration, incised circles round the knob 

 and one ring attached to the hinge. 



Vide Montelius, Ser. A, 84; Forrer, pi. 57, 8h. 

 Period, Iron age, 11 and III. 

 Length, 8.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83550. 



Fig. 4. — Bow arched, "ribbon" bronze; hinge absent, and a disc 

 in its place; channel upright, long, and with a sphere at the end; 

 decoration absent. 



Vide Ghirardini-Monti, l type b (?); Dechelette,2 fig. 266, 1 (Jura). 

 Length, 11 cm.. 

 Museum no. 83457. 



Fig. 5. — Bow semicircular, "ribbon" bronze; hinge, two and one- 

 half circles to the left; channel upright, but high on the right side, 

 with one spherical button followed by a double finial; decoration, 

 criss-cross lines and transversals on both bow and channel. 



Vide Ghirardini-Monti, type d (?). 

 Length, 8 cm. 

 Museum no. 83358. 



Fig. 6. — Bow large, swelling, hollow; hinge, two and one half- 

 circles to the left; channel upright, high on the right side, very long 

 with finials; decoration, chevrons and transversals on the bow, and 

 one ring on the hinge. 



Vide Montelius, Ser. A, 109; Ghirardini-Monti, type g. (This is the "Navi- 

 cella" type.) 



Period, Etruscan. 



Length, 19 cm. 



Museum no. 83600. (Very common in the collection.) 



1 Op. cit., Not. Scavi, 1883, p. 31. So other similar references. 



2 Manuel d'Archeologie, II, 2. 



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