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Buckle Plate with a Bird's Head Finial

Hunnish (Artist)
1st half 5th century
silver
(Medieval Europe , Jewelry)

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Arthur Sambon, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, July 23, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1984-1987 Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1979-1980 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
10/11/1960 Treatment cleaned; coated
4/19/1984 Treatment cleaned
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Geographies

Russia (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 2 3/16 x W: 1 in. (5.5 x 2.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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57.656

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