Pair of pins from Knossos, c. 800 BC. They consist of a silver needle and a gold head which ends in a pelican motif, and are linked together by a chain.
Archaeological Museum, Herakleion X 656. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Despoini, A., Elliniki Techni: Archaia Chrysa Kosmimata, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1996, p. 178, fig. 169.
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