Two silver fibulae (safety pins)

Two silver fibulae (safety pins)

Description:

The shape of the fibulae is noteworthy for its U-shaped bow. Both examples lack their pins.


Other: 1 3/16 x 1/4 in. (3 x 0.6 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

699 - 500 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3204, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3204