Serpentine mold for casting bead pendants ca. 1600–1400 Minoan This piece is half of a bivalve mold. The two parts were attached by the three holes, visible at the top and bottom. The funnel-shaped cuttings along the straight edge are the sprues through which the liquid metal was poured into the Serpentine mold for casting bead pendants 252321 Minoan, Serpentine mold for casting bead pendants, ca. 1600?1400 , Serpentine, Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( x cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926 ()

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