Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
This gold ornament is made of heavy, beaded wire. It must have formed the end piece of the tongue of the belt for which the belt buckle (Walters 57.373) also served. The belt would have been secured to the ornament through the rectangular opening at one end.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
20897
label
Belt Ornament
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20897
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Belt Ornament
description
This gold ornament is made of heavy, beaded wire. It must have formed the end piece of the tongue of the belt for which the belt buckle (Walters 57.373) also served. The belt would have been secured to the ornament through the rectangular opening at one end.
provenance
[From a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine (?), 1913]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; P. Mavrogordato, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague [catalogue 1921, part II, lot 92 M]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
buckles (strap accessories)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
W: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm) (l.)
Source extras
med
gold
creator_ids
6256
15409
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
37ed660e191f314a