S-Shaped Fibula

Cleveland Museum of Art

S-Shaped Fibula

Date
500s
Medium
silver gilt with garnets and niello
Culture
Alemannic, 6th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This fibula is attributed to the Alemanni, meaning "all men," who got their name from being a group of many Germanic tribes.

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