Riding EquipmentItalic6th-3rd century BCE
Bridle Trapping
6th-3rd century BCE
Dimensions
7 x 2.8 x 4.7 cm (2 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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