Fibula (Pin)

MS2768

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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