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Title: Purse Mount in the Form of a Bird
Date: second half 6th century
Culture: Frankish
Medium: Copper alloy, "tinned" surface
Dimensions: Overall: 1 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. (3.3 x 4.2 x 0.9 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.191.202
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