ETRUSCAN BRONZEWORK

ETRUSCAN BRONZEWORK
   The Etruscans used bronze for the manufacture of a wide range of prestigious items particularly associated with ritual, feasting, and warfare, including bronze figurines, Schnabelkannen, other jugs, basins, candelabra, kottabos paraphernalia, parade armor, shields, and helmets.
   See also CASTEL S. MARIANO

Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. .

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