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Bracelet

Hunnish (Artist)
early 5th century (Early Medieval)
gold, garnet
(Medieval Europe , Jewelry)

This superb tubular bracelet closes with a clasp decorated with granulation--a hallmark of Hunnish craftsmanship--around a central round garnet. The backs of the hemispheres are decorated with a filigree. While Hunnish women also wore jewelry, the large size of this bracelet suggests it would have been worn by a man, high on the arm.

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.

Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, 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 eyJewelry 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.
1947 Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.
1976-1977 Romans and Barbarians. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/19/1984 Treatment cleaned
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Geographies

Russia (Place of Origin)

Measurements

7/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 1/8 in. (2.3 x 11.3 x 10.4 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Third Floor: Migration and Early Medieval Art

Accession Number

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57.1082

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