Riding EquipmentEtruscan6th-3rd century BCE
Part of a Snaffle
late 6th-early 3rd century BCE
Dimensions
3.5 x 4.5 x 4.6 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 13/16 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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