Near Eastern, 3rd Millennium B.C.

Gold

L: 4.4 cm (1.73 in)

Serial: 35713

PROVENANCE: Ex- Crescent Gallery, Tokyo; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2000, Lot 4; The Gilbert collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, acquired in New York, 6 December 2000

Each made from a tapering wire formed into a loop, one end hammered into a funnel, the other end with a small hook which passes through a perforation at the rim of the funnel.