Maenad-head earrings
Unknown
1st century B.C. · gold · Egyptian Art
Earrings with heads of maenads (Dionysus's female followers) are rare in Egypt but occur in the Levant and Cyprus. The form is late Hellenistic.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1st century B.C.
- Medium
- gold
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
