A long (15-20cm), straight or tapering pin used to fasten a garment; sometimes in the form of a 'toggle-pin'.Some examples of Sumerian Jewelry, c. 2500 BC, were made of gold, silver or electrum, in attenuated form, with one end pointed and the other ornamented with a bead ofcornelian or lapis lazuli capped with gold.Egyptian examples from the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2200 BC - 1550 BC), and Late Bronze Age (1550 BC - 1200 BC) were divided midway by a hole from one side of which extended the attenuated smooth pin andfrom the other side a twisted or ornamented straight stem handle; the method of use involved passing the pin twice through the garment, and then fastening it with string tied through the hole andlooped a few times around the two exposed ends. The name 'toggle-pin' was applied by Sir Flinders Petrie, the noted English archeologist.
Dress Pin
Dress Pin
A long (15-20cm), straight or tapering pin used to fasten a garment; sometimes in the form of a 'toggle-pin'.Some examples of Sumerian Jewelry, c. 2500 BC, were made of gold, silver or electrum, in attenuated form, with one end pointed and the other ornamented with a bead ofcornelian or lapis lazuli capped with gold.Egyptian examples from the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2200 BC - 1550 BC), and Late Bronze Age (1550 BC - 1200 BC) were divided midway by a hole from one side of which extended the attenuated smooth pin andfrom the other side a twisted or ornamented straight stem handle; the method of use involved passing the pin twice through the garment, and then fastening it with string tied through the hole andlooped a few times around the two exposed ends. The name 'toggle-pin' was applied by Sir Flinders Petrie, the noted English archeologist.
References
From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
