- Jean Gran-Aymerich with Jean MacIntosh Turfa –
Objects of personal adornment and toilette, caskets and pyxidesEtruscan gold and silver jewelry has not been clearly identifi ed far from Etruria, with
the exception of the rich tombs of Aléria. In the far West, we have the very uncertain
matter of the small gold fi bula of sanguisuga type from Saint-Aignan, not far from the
mouth of the Loire.^23 The recent excavations at Bourges have furnished, in the area of
a razed funerary tumulus, a large pin decorated with the granulated head of a ram, of
clear Mediterranean manufacture and probably to be attributed to Etruria. This piece
of jewelry may be compared with personal ornaments in granulated gold from Ins-
Anet and Jegenstord (Switzerland). This technique of granulation also appears on other
gold items: the bracelet from Ensisheim, the earrings from Gurgy (Auxerre) and farther
south at Lanouille (Dordogne), as well as the headband from the grotto sanctuary of Roc
du Buffens at Caunes-Minervois (Aude). Etruscan infl uence is suggested for all these
pieces of jewelry.^24 Jewelry of gold fi ligree, also clearly tied to Etruscan infl uence, has
been noted in Kleinklein in Styria and recently in the “Keltenblock” tomb of the Lady of
Heuneburg.^25 We have suggested the possible Etruscan technical and stylistic infl uences
for the protohistoric goldworking of the Iberian Peninsula, with the clearest example
being the stamped gold leaf from Peña Negra (Alacant-Alicante).^26
The Etrusco-Italic bronze fi bulae of the eighth–seventh centuries are well represented
in the Celtic world, and more discretely in the Mediterranean region, especially by the
fi nds discovered in Corsica and Sicily. The fi bulae in bronze a navicella and a sanguisuga
are common from Slovenia to Gaul, with a strong concentration in the Alpine region;
in France they cluster along the corridors of the Seine and the Rhône, and in Provence
in the region of Avignon.^27 Certain fi bulae were found in funerary contexts, such as the
Figure 19.3 Bronze, bracciale di scudo (armband of a shield), with fi gural decoration, from Olympia.
Sixth century. (Camporeale 2001).