id: 161429 accession number: 2000.119 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.119 updated: 2020-11-04 21:49:32.078000 Pair of Fibulae, 500s-600s. Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century. Cast silver, parcel-gilt, with niello; overall: 10.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm (4 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2000.119 title: Pair of Fibulae title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 500s-600s creation date earliest: 500 creation date latest: 699 current location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century technique: cast silver, parcel-gilt, with niello department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Migration Period type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm (4 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Marcus Hollersberger, Munich; [Artemis Fine Art, London]; [Robert Haber & Associates, New York] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A woman of high rank might have worn these twin fibulae on her shoulders, one fastening her inner garment on the right, the other her outer garment on the left. She might also have suspended them from her belt as decorative ornaments. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” December 12, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: Mentioned: p. 2 url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4361 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.119/2000.119_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.119/2000.119_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.119/2000.119_full.tif