{"data": {"id": 167666, "accession_number": "2009.344", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star, late 700s-early 800s. Frankish, early Carolingian, late 8th century - early 9th century. Gold with repouss\u00e9 and filigree decoration; copper backplate; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). 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Hoellersberger, Munich (1970-1989, by inheritance)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}, {"description": "\"\tDr. Herbert Hoellersberger, Vienna (1961-1970)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Look carefully at this brooch and notice a small animal, perhaps a dragon, camouflaged amid the swirling whirls of gold.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Women used brooches like this to fasten their veils beneath the chin. 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