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Buckle

Date:: 7th century
Geography:: Made in Niederbreisig, Germany
Culture:: Frankish
Medium:: Copper alloy
Dimensions:: Overall: 1 1/8 x 3/4 x 3/16 in. (2.9 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm) loop + tongue (a): 9/16 x 3/4 x 3/16 in. (1.4 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm) buckle plate (b): 11/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in. (1.7 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.193.30a, b

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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 (59,619)

Copper alloy (16,659)

Metalwork (14,693)

Copper (6,267)

Buckles (933)
Where
Europe (150,115)

Germany (15,991)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,676)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 500–1000 A.D.

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