The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Amber from bow of a fibula (safety pin)

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Amber from bow of a fibula (safety pin)

Period:: Archaic
Date:: 7th century B.C.
Culture:: Etruscan
Medium:: Amber
Dimensions:: Other: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification:: Miscellaneous
Credit Line:: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992
Accession Number:: 1992.11.31

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 170

References

Strong, D.E. 1966. Catalogue of the Carved Amber in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: The British Museum, no. 29.

Picón, Carlos A. 1992. "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 1991-1992." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 50(2): p. 10.
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What
Fragments (15,198)

Pins (1,472)

Resin (582)

Amber (376)

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Where
Europe (150,013)

Italy (24,981)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,207)
In the Museum
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Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.