Bow Fibula

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CultureEtruscan (probably)

Titles

Bow Fibula

Date600–500 BC

PlaceItaly

MediumYellow sheet gold

Dimensionslength × width: 5 3/16 × 1 13/16 inches

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas de Koenigsberg

Object number41.10

Not on view

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Department

Antiquities

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, by c. 1930; [Gallery of Art Treasures, Ltd.]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas de Koenigsberg, New York, by 1941; given to MFAH, 1941.
Exhibition History"Gold Jewelry: Craft, Style and Meaning fron Mycenae to Constantinopolis," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, from February 24–April 3, 1983. Catalog No. 7. (LN: 83.14).

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