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This tab would have been attached to a strip of leather worn around the waist. It was likely both an ornamental statement indicating social rank and a practical accessory. The decorative inlay was applied by forcing silver wire into a pattern engraved into the iron. The condition of the tab indicates that it was likely excavated, perhaps from a grave.
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- Title: Tab
- Date Created: 600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 9.1 x 5.8 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
- Provenance: reportedly found in Champagne, France. (Paul Mallon, Paris).
- Type: Jewelry
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.1009.b
- Medium: iron with silver overlay
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Frankish, Migration period, 7th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: MED - Migration Period
- Accession Number: 1919.1009.b
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