JewelryItalic8th-7th century BCE

Composite Fibula

second half 8th-first half 7th century BCE

Classification

Jewelry

Technique

Hammered

Medium

Copper alloy

Culture

Italic

Period

Orientalizing period

Century

8th-7th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.4 x 1.5 x 1.8 cm (1 3/4 x 9/16 x 11/16 in.)

Provenance

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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