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Source Description
Women used brooches like this to fasten their veils beneath the chin. Its rare form--a hexagram--suggests that it also functioned as a talisman or amulet to attract good luck and to ward off evil.
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Document identity
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167666
label
Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star
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object
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Source metadata
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167666
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object
title
Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star
description
Women used brooches like this to fasten their veils beneath the chin. Its rare form--a hexagram--suggests that it also functioned as a talisman or amulet to attract good luck and to ward off evil.
date
late 700s-early 800s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60742317
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
cul
Frankish, early Carolingian, late 8th century - early 9th century
accession
2009.344
Source extras
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gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate
tombstone
Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star, late 700s-early 800s. Frankish, early Carolingian, late 8th century - early 9th century. Gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2009.344
collection
MED - Migration Period
didYouKnow
Look carefully at this brooch and notice a small animal, perhaps a dragon, camouflaged amid the swirling whirls of gold.
citations
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. "Movable Pieces." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 50, no. 4 (July/August 2010): 24-25.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 25
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 259
creditline
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:38:15.289000
sourceId
167666
dept
Medieval Art
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MED - Migration Period
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gold with repoussé and filigree decoration; copper backplate
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0
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photo
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