Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Large Bow Fibula and Pin
Greek fibulae of the 9th to the 7th century BC combined a bold, sculptural quality with a lighter, more decorative style. This bronze fibula (pin) is said to have been excavated from a grave that dates to the 8th or 7th century BC.
Provenance
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Salonika, Greece; Mr. Richard Hubbard Howland, Washington, D.C., 1935, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, by gift.
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/16 in. (5.8 x 7.4 x 2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Hubbard Howland, 1996
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2919