1st century BCE-early 2nd century CE
6.4 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, Milton, MA (by 1955), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.
Plaster

Colored nylon netting compressed into a loose bundle
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