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Biconical Bead, Geometric Period (800–600 BCE)
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Spatial Coverage | Greece |
| Temporal Coverage | 800 BCE-600 BCE |
| Description | These precious bronzes objects are votives, or devotional gifts, made for gods. They come in many forms. Some are miniature sculptures of animals, mostly depicting horses, deer, and birds. Others are items of personal adornment, including beads and brooches. Quite a few seem once to have been attached to something else. This assemblage is characteristic of the thousands of votives that were hung from sacred trees or placed in sanctuaries around Greece. Once a shrine was full, the votives were gathered together and ceremonially buried to make room for more offerings. This comes from Thessaly in north-eastern Greece. [A work made of bronze.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Bronze Votive Offering Geometric Ex-voto Bead Costume Metal Work Ancient Greek Artworks Arts of Greece Arts of Rome Arts of Byzantium |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Visual Artwork |
