Snaffle Bit

Unknown Artist

8th–7th century BCE

Snaffle Bit by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper alloy (bronze)

Dimensions

W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 2.6 oz. (527.3 g)

Classification

Equestrian Equipment-Bits

Culture

Villanovan or Etruscan

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942

Accession Number

42.50.494

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