PEABODY— COLLECTION OF BRONZES 



Fig. 5. — Awl of iron, much corroded, somewhat resembling figure 

 18 in size and form. 



Length, 10.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83727. 



Fig. 6. — Miniature tongs of bronze, with a ring. 



Vide Montelius, Ser. B, pi. 7, 28, and Ser. B, pi. 73, 6 (neither of these is a 

 perfect analogy); Forrer, p. 808, pi. 237, 37; v. Sacken, pi. xix, 17. 

 Period, Late Bronze age or Early Iron age. 

 Length, 7 cm. 

 Museum no. 83521. 



Fig. 7. — Trapezoidal chatelaine of bronze; such (or similar tri- 

 angular forms) were a convenient and therefore a common means of 

 suspension for bangles of great variety. The shape of the bronze pen- 

 dants on the chain is not usual. Something like it may be seen in 

 Schlemm, p. 8, fig. f. The ring for suspension is of one piece with the 

 trapezoid; the latter is decorated with dots and circles in intaglio. 



Length outstretched, 9.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83488. 



Fig. 8. — Chatelaine of bronze. There are four chains of double 

 links attached to a ring and terminated at the other end by clapper- 

 like bangles. 



For this rare type of chain, vide Montelius, Ser. B, 47, 2. 

 Period, Iron age. 

 Length, 20 cm. 

 Museum no. 83665. 



Fig. 9. — Ring of bronze holding small utensils. The ring serves 

 the purpose of a modern key-ring. There are four similar sets of tools 

 or ornaments in the collection; their use is not certain, but they all 

 have an air of domesticity. In figure 9 is a graceful curved knife 

 (nail-parer?), a square hook exactly the shape of an upright golf- 

 cleek, and a broken stylus (?). Pincers, ladles, gouges, etc., also occur 

 in the collection. Home surgery, the toilet, tattooing, cosmetic de- 

 vices, depilatory practices, all may be guessed as explanations. 



Vide Montelius, Ser. B, 46, 1. 

 Period, Iron age. 

 Length, 12 cm. 

 Museum no. 83398. 



Figs. 10-14. — Finger-rings of bronze. The first two show plain 

 rings with indentations; very numerous in the collection. 

 Vide v. Sacken, pi. xvu, 3. 



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