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Hair Pin

Anonymous (Frankish)

early 6th century (Early Medieval)

silver with gold foil and garnets

6 1/2 x 1 1/16 x 3/16 in. (16.5 x 2.7 x 0.4 cm)

Description
This long pin terminates in a stylized bird. Such cloisonné bird pins were developed in southern Russia about AD 400 and were carried westward with the migrating peoples. They are found most often in northeastern France and the Rhineland, where they were popular until the second half of the 6th century.
Additional Information

Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1959

57.1883

Centre Street: Third Floor: Art of the Migration Period

Frankish

northeast France (?)

Rhineland, Germany (?)


Provenance

Carlebach Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by purchase.

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