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Silver and gold-inlaid bronze garment hook, Warring States, the arched shaft finely inlaid with dotted feather or scale pattern divided by cheveron and horizontal bands, with an animal-head hook at one end and an inlaid button on the underside, inlaid at one end with a bird

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Belt Hook

Artist Chinese Artist

DateWarring States Period (c. 475-221 BCE)

Place of originChina, Asia

MediumBronze, gold and silver

Dimensions6 3/16 x 1/2 x 1 1/16 in. (15.7 x 1.3 x 2.7 cm)

ClassificationsClothing and accessories

Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin

Object number2009.48.48

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Visual DescriptionSilver and gold-inlaid bronze garment hook, Warring States, the arched shaft finely inlaid with dotted feather or scale pattern divided by cheveron and horizontal bands, with an animal-head hook at one end and an inlaid button on the underside, inlaid at one end with a bird

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