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Archaeological Collection

Dress pin with a low conical head and perforated neck

Dress pin with a low conical head and perforated neck
Item name:Dress pin with a low conical head and perforated neck
Dating:16th–15th century BC
Material:Bronze
Findspot:Možjanca
On display:The Earliest Stories from the Crossroads

Description

The shape and decoration of these disc-headed pins with a perforated neck, found at Možjanca in the Gorenjska region, are characteristic of the Middle Bronze Age in central Europe. The unusually undulating body of the pins, which once fastened a garment, is also characteristic of the 16th and 15th centuries BC. The pins were found by chance, but the fact they were found in a pair suggests they came from a female grave.

1. Dress pin with a low conical head and perforated neck, bronze, l. 21.3 cm, Inv. Nos. P 18409.
2. Dress pin with a low conical head and perforated neck, bronze l. 23 cm, Inv. Nos. P 18410.

Further reading

Turk, Peter and Turk, Matija, 2019: The Earliest Stories from the Crossroads, Ljubljana, Fig. 228, pp. 180, 248.

On display in the Permanent Exhibition