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Fibulae
500s-600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
A woman of high rank might have worn these twin fibulae on her shoulders, one fastening her inner garment on the right, the other her outer garment on the left. She might also have suspended them from her belt as decorative ornaments
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- Title: Fibulae
- Date Created: 500s-600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 10.5 x 6.5 x 1.7 cm (4 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: Marcus Hollersberger, Munich; [Artemis Fine Art, London]; [Robert Haber & Associates, New York]
- Type: Jewelry
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.119.2
- Medium: cast silver, parcel-gilt, with niello
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: MED - Migration Period
- Accession Number: 2000.119.2
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