Fibula

4th-5th century (Early Medieval)

2 cm 0.6 cm

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This small fibula, inlaid with garnets, meerschaum (a white, clay-like material), and a central carnelian (a type of garnet), is of a type that developed in southern Russia and became very popular with both the Franks and Huns.

Artifact

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39814
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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