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Elongated Buckle

Date:: 7th century (?)
Geography:: Made in Niederbreisig, Germany
Culture:: Langobardic or Frankish
Medium:: Copper alloy
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in. (11.1 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.193.167

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Provenance

Friedrich Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; Joseph Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
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What
Metal (59,364)

Copper alloy (16,630)

Metalwork (14,716)

Copper (6,255)

Buckles (933)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Germany (15,865)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,672)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 500–1000 A.D.

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