Bull shaped pendants made of cast bronze. In ancient art the decorative element consisting of the head of an animal is called “protome”. In this case we are in front of a double bull’s head on the same pendant. It has a very pointed snouts and horns are extremely long. At the meeting point of the two bodies there was the ring, normally done in iron, with which the artefact was hung. These pendants are typical of the Picen necropolis of the southern part of Marche region and it was very often part of female funeral sets. Most likely it is not a jewelry of daily use because it is very difficult to wear because of the weight and the spiked parts, but it was used in special ceremonies, especially at the time of the burial of the woman who owned it. Its symbolic value accompanied the extreme greeting of the deceased along with the very rich set that the female Picen tombs have always guarded. This pendant was made as a single body.
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