JewelryEtruscan1st millennium BCE
Ring in Form of Coil
7th-2nd century BCE
Description
The ring, with four complete coils, is curved on the exterior and concave on the interior. There is a slight midridge on the exterior. It would have perhaps been used as decoration rather than worn as a finger ring.
Dimensions
1.8 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm (11/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 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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