Accession Nr.: 2596
Type: bronze, lead, gold and silver
Date of production:
19th c.
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Materials: silver
Techniques: soldered
Dimensions: height: 5.2 cm
width: 4.2 cm
depth: 0.6 cm
This leaf-shaped pubic cover is hung around the waist of little boys, with a granulated string of beads running around the edge, which has been soldered over it. This bead pattern also adorns the vertical midline of the object, the ends of which end in rosettes. The lower rosette is complemented in a vertex ornament. At the top there are two small hoops into which the cord is threaded.
Material: silver.