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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Alamannic Creator Name-CRT: Alemannic, Migration Period, 6th-7th century Title: Pair of Fibulae Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 500 Creation End Date: 699 Creation Date: 6th-7th Century Object Type: Costume and Jewelry Classification Term: Jewelry Materials and Techniques: cast silver, parcel gilt, with niello Dimensions: Overall: 10.5cm x 6.4cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 2000.119.1 ID Number: 2000.119.2 Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Provenance: Marcus Hollersberger, Munich; [Artemis Fine Art, London]; [Robert Haber & Associates, New York] Style or Period: Migration period Context: A fibula is a garment clasp or fastener that functions somewhat like a modern safety pin. Since buttons were not used in Europe during the Migration Period, fibulae were needed to keep a cloak or garment closed and in place. Worn by both men and women, they were produced in a variety of sizes and shapes and were often highly decorated with gilding, inlay decoration, or animal forms. The fibulae shown here are made of cast silver that was chased and engraved with abstract patterns and then partially gilded. A ridge down the center of each is further embellished with a "dot and vine" motif in niello (fused silver sulphide). The design and ornamentation of these fibulae show that they were produced by a tribal confederation known as the Alemmani, which occupied the territories of modern Germany and Switzerland between the 3rd and the 7th centuries ad.In Migration Period Europe, a single fibula was commonly worn on the right shoulder. However, a matched pair was occasionally worn on opposite shoulders to fasten an outer cloak. The design of these fibulae is typical of examples worn by women. The type is often called a "digitated" fibula, because its five dragon-headed termini are reminiscent of fingers. These fibulae are a matched pair, probably made for the same female owner. They must therefore derive from a single grave and were made by the same artist. AMICA ID: CMA_.2000.119.1-2 AMICA Library Year: 2001 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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