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 JEWELRY. 385 two female heads with Egyptian wigs, and two bulls' heads. Near the centre two bees seem to have settled, as if upon a flower. With the exception of the bee, we have already encountered all these motives on Cypriot or Phoenician works, so that we are inclined to believe this brooch to have been imported from the East. A small golden bee found at Cameiros (Fig. 316) is of quite similar workmanship to these. It is covered with wonderfully fine globules of gold. FIG. 314. Brooch or pendant in gold. New York Museum. FIG. 315. Gold pendant. French National Library. The elaborate object reproduced in Fig. 317, which formed part of the Curium treasure, was also no doubt a pendant for a necklace. The ring by which it was attached is still in place. So far we have had to mention only ornaments of gold, of precious stones, of glass, and of enamelled faience. But silver too must have been called in to furnish jewelry for the less wealthy classes. Objects of that metal, however, have been destroyed by FIG. 316. Golden Bee. British Museum. the damp, to which the other materials named are invulnerable. And yet a few silver things of the kind have come down to us. We shall be content with mentioning one from Syria, which consists of spirals and disks alternated one with the other. One of the disks bears the sacred barque of Egypt ; another, the winged globe with the eye of Osiris.* 1 This necklace belongs to M. de Vogue. VOL. II. 3 D