Arc-shaped pendant (<em>huang</em> ç)
ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE
Classification
Jewelry and Ornament
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1916.156
Tags
About this artwork
Thin plaque of the type huang ç; roughly semicircular with two conical perforations; closely mottled shades of light to dark browns; satin smooth surface. (Broken in four pieces and mended.)
About the Artist
Unknown
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