Cleveland Museum of Art

Fibulae

Date

500s-600s

Medium

cast silver, parcel-gilt, with niello

Culture

Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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