PEABODY— COLLECTION OF BRONZES 



long, and with an egg-shaped bulb, tilted (see fig. 3); decoration 

 absent, save for rough circular transversals in intaglio near the bulb. 

 A very rare form, but see Montelius. 



Vide Montelius, Ser. B, pi. 41, 13. 

 Length, 12.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83616. 



Fig. 12. — Bow arched, expanding, "wire" bronze with a thick 

 ring above the hinge; hinge two and one-half circles to the left; 

 channel opening to the left, but covered and finished by an upright 

 knob; the cover is winged and overspreads to the right and the left; 

 Certosa type; decoration in doubt; the specimen is much corroded. 



Vide Montelius, Ser. A, 147; Forrer.pl. 57, 1,9; v. Sacken, pi. xiv, 6;Schlemm, 1 

 p. 80, fig. 2. 



Period, Etruscan. 

 Length, 12.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83355. 



Fig. 13. — Bow semicircular, expanding, without any apparent 

 cavity; hinge double (a coil surrounding a small bronze brad) ; channel 

 upright and supporting a flat, square disc on the end; decoration, 

 transversals on the bow and disc. 



Vide Ghirardini-Monti, type h (?). 

 Period, probably late. 

 Length, 4.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83481. 



Fig. 14. — Bow a pure design; hinge absent (broken off); channel 

 high on the right side; decoration: the bow represents a man (in a car) 

 driving a team of three horses; the man's face is relieved by two 

 depressions, giving the effect of eyes surmounting a broad grin; the 

 horses' tails, manes, ears, eyes, and snouts are good; surmounting the 

 channel is a bird (eagle?) with outstretched wings, as if in flight before 

 this rampant "triga". 



Vide Montelius, Ser. B, pi. 51, 4. 

 Length, 5.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83705. 



Plate II 



Fig. i. — Fragments of bronze and iron welded together in a sort 

 of "magma"; there are in this mass one "Kahn" or "Navicella" fibula; 

 two ribbon, expanding fibulae, with buttons; one ribbon Certosa 

 fibula; one long needle from a fibula; one disc-fibula with a rare 

 winged bow; four bronze finger-rings, one small iron ring, and, holding 



'The references to Schlemm are to her Worterbuch zur Vorgeschichte, Berlin, 1908. 

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