Bow Fibula

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
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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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