Detail View: The AMICA Library: Buckle

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1995.54
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Role: 
tongue maker
Creator Name-CRT: 
Buckle: Eastern Germanic; tongue: Byzantine
Creator Nationality: 
European; Northern European; Germanic
Creator Role: 
buckle maker
Creator Name-CRT: 
Buckle: Eastern Germanic; tongue: Byzantine
Title: 
Buckle
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
ca. 500
Creation Start Date: 
498
Creation End Date: 
502
Materials and Techniques: 
Tongue: gold-cast. Hinge: gold-wrought sheet; repoussé. Loop: quartz.
Dimensions: 
L. 4.5 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1995.54
Credit Line: 
Purchase, Rogers Fund; Alastair B. Martin, William Kelly Simpson, Scher Chemicals Inc., and Max Falk Gifts; and gifts From various donors, 1995
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: Private collection, Germany; [Robert Haber & Associates, Inc., Ancient Art, New York (sold 1995)]
Context: 
Buckle: Eastern Germanic; tongue: Byzantine
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30729.tif