Title: Horse bit cheekpiece in form of a winged, human-headed quadruped
Object type: Horse bit cheekpiece
Date: ca. 8th century BCE
Culture: Iran
Period: Iron Age
Medium: Bronze alloy, traces of iron, lead
Dimensions: 5.51 x 5.24 in. (14 x 13.31 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1988
Geography:      Iran, probably from Luristan     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals