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brooch

On display
human history
  • Common Name
    Adornment
  • Other Name

    fibula

  • Description

    fibula, bronze. Two spirals made from a single bronze wire. Spirals are joined with an "S" shaped link. There is a short, sharp pin extending from the centre of one spiral, possibly part of a clasp , the other end of which may have broken off.

  • Place
    Halstadt/Upper Austria/Austria
  • Accession Number
    1932.391
  • Other Id

    18201 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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  • fibula, 1932.391, 18201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • fibula, 1932.391, 18201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • fibula, 1932.391, 18201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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