Belt Clasp

10th-9th century BCE (Iron Age)

26.2 cm 10.5 cm 15.2 cm

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Although once considered to be part of a warrior's apparel, this type of heavy belt clasp is now understood to be part of a woman's apparel. This example was made from a large sheet of bronze, with a hook at one end and a sheath to attach a leather belt at the other.

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33411
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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