Implement: Curved implement with rattle and jingling pendants

Implement: Curved implement with rattle and jingling pendants

2015.2.4

Ancient & Classical

A curving implement with a rattle at one end, and five pendants attached along its length; the object is made up of a slender curving rod that tapers to a slender point on one end; on the opposite end is attached the spherical rattle, with metal sphere still intact inside; the five pendants hang from loops along the length of the object; the piece is decorated with a geometric pattern of small incised lines running most of the length of the piece, from the first loop to the last.

Bronze

Bronze

7 3/8" L x 1 3/4" W x 1/4" D

1300-1100 BCE