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Fibula (Pin)
The collection record classifies this work as jewelry. It is dated 400–200 BCE. Recorded culture or place: South Italy, Campania.
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- Museum title
- Fibula (Pin)
- Date
- 400–200 BCE
- Culture / origin
- South Italy, Campania
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1947.504
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This extravagant fibula, likely used to fasten garments, is decorated with gold rosettes and vines. An enormous leech-shaped bow and pin form the body of the fibula. A band of rosettes adorns the center of the bow. Above the bow, a gold plaque is adorned with an eight-petaled flower and palmette filigree. A gold bead, perhaps representing a pomegranate, tops the plaque. The bead is crowned with oblong petals and sprouting leaves.
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