Gold openwork hairnet with medallion

Unknown

ca. 200–150 BCE · Gold · Greek and Roman Art

This hairnet, with its combination of delicate filigree, carefully hammered decorative bust, and spool-shaped beads, is a superb example of the Hellenistic goldsmith's skill. The medallion represents the head of a maenad, one of the female followers of the god Dionysos, wearing spiral earrings, a wreath of vine leaves and grapes, and a panther skin.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 200–150 BCE

Medium

Gold

Culture

Greek, Ptolemaic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1987