PEABODY— COLLECTION OF BRONZES 



The etchers, inlayers, beaters, and molders of bronze at Belluno 

 were pastmasters of their arts. The accompanying figures a-d show 

 some of their designs. 



Fig. a. 1 — A fragment of a bronze celt carrying a pattern made 

 up of dents de loup and concentric circles; it looks like a backgammon 

 board. 



Length, 10.5 cm. 

 Museum no. 83412. 



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Fig. b Fig. c 



Figs, b and c represent the faces and the sides of a bronze pal- 

 stave — a combination of spots and of concentric circles. 



Length, 17 cm. 

 Museum no. 83772. 



1 Figs, o, b, c, and d were done in pen and ink by Malcolm Willoughby, of Watertown, Mass. 



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