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Mary  Jane  Cryan's avatar

Also in Tarquinia's beautiful Etruscan museum..the .ribs are made of bone...

Historia Minuta's avatar

Thanks for the suggestions! The next time I visit, I’ll keep an eye out for them. I wonder whether they were used for protection from the sun or the rain. Maybe both

Mary  Jane  Cryan's avatar

You will find early umbrellas made by Etruscans in several museums here in Italy : Villa Giulia, Rome, Rocca Albornoz, Viterbo ---