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Fibula
Italic
Final Bronze or Early Iron Age
about 10th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Width x length: 3.5 x 6.3 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss C. Wissmann
Accession Number02.315
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Fibulae
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 330.
DescriptionThis bow fibula has eight rings strung on a pin. Crusty green patina.
ProvenanceAccording to the MFA Annual Report for 1902 the Buffum collection included a group of objects that "were all found at Palestrina many years ago, in the excavations conducted by Signor Castellani, Mr. Buffum being present at the time of their discovery"; by date unknown: William Arnold Buffum Collection (died 1901); 1901: inherited by Miss Charlotte Wissmann; gift of Miss Charlotte Wissmann to MFA, May 1, 1902