Chinese Girdle ornament, Han Dynasty
Accession Number: 11.190.117 Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)
Gold earring with pearl pendant
Imperial
Gold earring with head of a bull
Classical or Hellenistic
Lead ornament in the form of a branch
Small flat votive figurines of cast lead have been found in great quantities at the ancient sanctuaries of Laconia; over one hundred thousand, dating from the seventh century B.C. to the Classical period, were ... More
Celt Pendant, 5th century
Costa Rica
Archaic Lead ornament, possibly imitating jewelry
Small flat votive figurines of cast lead have been found in great quantities at the ancient sanctuaries of Laconia; over one hundred thousand, dating from the seventh century B.C. to the Classical period, were ... More
Archaic Greek Lead grille or ornament
Small flat votive figurines of cast lead have been found in great quantities at the ancient sanctuaries of Laconia; over one hundred thousand, dating from the seventh century B.C. to the Classical period, were ... More
Sumerian Ring
Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar) Early Dynastic IIIa
Hand Pendant, 8th century
Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Balsas River region
Head of pin, bronze, Iran
Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum Iron Age III
Earring or spiral, bronze, Cyprus
Gold plated bronze. Classical
Earrings, 2nd century
Iran or Mesopotamia Parthian
Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
Ornamented with scale pattern incised. Protocorinthian
Sumerian Ram amulet, Early Dynastic II
Mesopotamia, Nippur Early Dynastic II
Earring, bronze, Iran, iron age ii
Iran, Dinkha Tepe Iron Age II
Decorated ring, bronze, Turkey
Anatolia
Earrings, 2nd century
Mesopotamia Parthian
Stone Pendant, 8th century
Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Balsas River region
Insect Ornament, 7th century
Colombia
Gold earring with head of a bull
Classical or Hellenistic
Gold earring with head of a bull
Classical or Hellenistic
Pin, bronze, Iran, iron age ii
Iran, Hasanlu Iron Age II
Pin, copper alloy, Central Asia
Bactria-Margiana Bronze Age
Pin, bronze, Iran, iron age ii
Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum Iron Age II
Mesoamerican Slate Scorpion (?) Ornament
Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero or Nayarit, Balsas River region
Greek Gold earring with figure
Hellenistic
Gold earring with pearl pendant
Imperial
Fibula, bronze, Iran, iron age iii
Iran, Hasanlu Iron Age III
Roman Pair of gold earrings
In the form of rings of twisted gold. Imperial
Earring with swans or geese
Hellenistic
Earring or spiral, bronze
Accession Number: 74.51.3342
Openwork pin, bronze, Iran
Iran, probably from Luristan Iron Age III
Earring with pendants of female heads
Accession Number: 98.11.99, .100 Hellenistic ?
Earring, slit, New Kingdom, Egypt, 1550 -1070 BC
Accession Number: 74.51.4460 New Kingdom
Roman Earring with paste setting
Glass objects, Roman Empire.
Inlay depicting male torso
Mesopotamia Early Dynastic IIIa
Lead ornament in the form of a gorgoneion (gorgon's face)
Small flat votive figurines of cast lead have been found in great quantities at the ancient sanctuaries of Laconia; over one hundred thousand, dating from the seventh century B.C. to the Classical period, were ... More
Lion pin, bronze, Iran
Iran, Hasanlu Iron Age II
Pin, bronze, Iran, iron age iii
Iran, probably from Luristan Iron Age III
Stud, bronze, Iran, iron age ii
Iran, Hasanlu Iron Age II
Two fulcra (headrest) attachments in the form of mule's heads
Ornaments from a couch. Hellenistic
Rim Ornament LACMA AC1992.152.18, bronze
Wikimedia Commons image page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rim_Ornament_LACMA_AC1992.152.18.jpg ) .Description..Title.Rim Ornament..Description..: Central Italy, Etruria, circa 500 B.C..: Sculpture.:... More
Ornament with Two Horses LACMA 63.36.14
Wikimedia Commons image page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ornament_with_Two_Horses_LACMA_63.36.14.jpg ) .Description..Title.Ornament with Two Horses..Description..: China, nomadic, Han, 206 B.C. - 2... More
One of a Group of Bone Ornaments
Accession Number: 1975.268.272 Final Jōmon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.)
Fibula fragment, bronze, iron age
Western Asia Iron Age
Chinese Girdle ornament, Han Dynasty
Accession Number: 11.190.114 Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)
Gold earring with head of a lion
Circlet of twisted gold wire, which tapers from the animal's head at the front end to a hooked point which passes through a loop below its throat. Classical or Hellenistic
Gold earring with head of a bull
Classical or Hellenistic
Gold earring with head of a lion
Circlet of twisted gold wire, which tapers from the animal's head at the front end to a hooked point which passes through a loop below its throat. Classical or Hellenistic
Pair of Ribbed Penannular Earrings
From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III New Kingdom
Pin, bronze, Iran, iron age ii
Iran, Hasanlu Iron Age II
Mold for a Disk Ornament
From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Khor west of camp or E. side of S. Village, MMA excavations, probably 1911–12 New Kingdom
Appliqué in the form of a head
Symmetrical holes on each piece would have been used to sew the ornaments into clothing. Classical
