Object type
diadem
Culture/period
Colonisations
Materials
gold
Technique
laminating
Production date
-500 / -300
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Pollentia
Township
Pollentia (Mallorca)
Dimensions
135 mm
Description
Headband made with gold and bronze sheets, using the burin and gold leaf technique, from Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca). It is dated on the Hellenistic period (2nd-1st centuries BC), when are verified the first specimens in a standardized way. It has a circular oval shape and consists of sixteen leaves, decorated in burin, and nineteen six-petal flowers, made with laminated plate, and that could correspond to the Narcissus or papaver typology. The style is naturalistic, which arises in advanced classical times and is maintained during the Hellenistic period. Damià Mateu Collection.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2485