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Source Description
This gold buckle is divided by cloisons (wire strips) into compartments set with garnets. Two rectangular garnets adorn the tongue near its hinge and two small round garnets form the eyes of the horse-head terminal on its tip.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
30772
label
Shoe Buckle
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
30772
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Shoe Buckle
description
This gold buckle is divided by cloisons (wire strips) into compartments set with garnets. Two rectangular garnets adorn the tongue near its hinge and two small round garnets form the eyes of the horse-head terminal on its tip.
provenance
Steinamanger Museum (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-5th century (Early Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
buckles (strap accessories)
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.6
height
5.4
depth
1.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/16 x W: 2 1/8 x D: 3/4 in. (2.6 x 5.4 x 1.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Hunnish
med
gold, garnets
creator_ids
7310
collection_ids
MED
JWL
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148
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358
2513
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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