Buckle with Animal-Shaped Thorn and Belt Plate
AD 400s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Buckle with Animal-Shaped Thorn and Belt Plate, AD 400s. Sarmato-Gothic, Migration period, 5th century. Bronze with traces of gilding and garnets; overall: 4.3 x 4.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of William M. Milliken 1981.9 During this time it was popular to wear gold inlaid with precious stones.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- bronze with traces of gilding and garnets
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.3 x 4.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1981.9
- Credit Line
- In memory of William M. Milliken
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1981
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106A Migration Period & Coptic
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