Art Institute of Chicago
Fibula (Garment Pin)
Greek; probably from Southern Italy
- Date
- Geometric Period (about 800 BCE)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- Southern Italy
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Worn as a clasp for clothing, this type of double-spiral fibula was popular in Greece before the style was adopted in the southern Italian peninsula.
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- Object type
- AAT300209261
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