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Source Description
This object along with Walters 54.422 form a pair of superb eagle-shaped fibula found at Tierra de Barros (Badajoz, southwest Spain) made of sheet gold over bronze inlaid with garnets, amythysts, and colored glass. Pendants once dangled from the loops at the bottom. The eagle, a popular symbol during the Migration period adopted from Roman imperial insignia, was favored by the Goths. Similar eagle-shaped fibulae have been excavated from Visigothic graves in Spain and Ostrogothic graves in northern Italy, but this pair is one of the finest. These fibula would have been worn at the same time to fasten a cloak at either shoulder.
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Document identity
localId
13833
label
Eagle Fibula
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
13833
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Eagle Fibula
description
This object along with Walters 54.422 form a pair of superb eagle-shaped fibula found at Tierra de Barros (Badajoz, southwest Spain) made of sheet gold over bronze inlaid with garnets, amythysts, and colored glass. Pendants once dangled from the loops at the bottom. The eagle, a popular symbol during the Migration period adopted from Roman imperial insignia, was favored by the Goths. Similar eagle-shaped fibulae have been excavated from Visigothic graves in Spain and Ostrogothic graves in northern Italy, but this pair is one of the finest. These fibula would have been worn at the same time to fasten a cloak at either shoulder.
provenance
[Found at Tierra de Barros, Badajoz, Estremadura, Spain]; Henri Daguerre, Paris, 1930, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century (Early Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
pins
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.2
height
7.1
depth
3.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 9/16 x W: 2 13/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (14.2 x 7.1 x 3.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Visigothic
med
gold over bronze, gemstones, glass, meerschaum
creator_ids
4764
collection_ids
MED
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2054
358
314
2227
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2385
2317
2513
2704
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13
3673
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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46c8ffe01cda58e9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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8a4b3a45d4321c4e
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no
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no