Pin or needle
PeriodIron Age
CultureCypriot
MediumBronze
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2255
The toggle-pin was part of a Near Eastern form of dress. If their use on Cyprus was similar, then they were used to fasten an outer garment. Beads and seals were sometimes strung on a cord attached to the pin.
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19th–mid 17th Century BC