Cleveland Museum of Art

Fibula (Pin)

Date

300s BCE

Medium

gold

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This gold fibula consists of a leech-shaped bow attached to a pin, a plaque, and a biconical bead. A nine-petaled flower tops the bead. The fibula was likely used to fasten clothes by gathering fabric together. Unlike silver and bronze, gold does not easily tarnish. This fibula was cast in three parts, the bow and pin, plaque, and bead, using the lost wax method.

The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.