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**Pair of armbands**, Hellenistic, ca. 200 b.c.  Greek (Gold)

These are serpentine armbands. They represent two triton - a son of Poseidon, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish. A male and a female. They are each holding a small winged Eros - a winged figure of a child representing love or the power of love. The hoops behind their heads are so they can be attached to the sleeves of a garment/ shirt.

[|Source: Pair of armbands [Greek (56.11.5-.6) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

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