Fibula (Pin)
MS2768
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS2768 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
Locus | Tomb 1 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Silver |
Description | Silver in form of lion; clasp and part of pin missing; made of two repousse sheets of thin silver joined along a median line. Coil and pin as well as catch are of one with one of these sheets. Above the catch the union with the two sheets is strengthened by a coil of wire, and probably wire was wound above the spring also. Tail is made of a fine piece of wire inserted between the two sheets and above point where it is inserted there is a circle of wire to hold it more securely; lion's head turned back. |
Height | 2.86 cm |
Width | 2.54 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1898 |
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