Bow Fibula

1st half 6th century (Early Medieval)

5.2 cm 9.1 cm 0.9 cm

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Also called “digitated” fibulae due to the radiating knobs that resemble fingers or digits, these three pins show how a style changed over time. While the knobs of early (4th-century) fibulae were functional (holding the springs of the pin), they later became purely decorative...

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Carlebach Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by purchase.
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