Bow fibula

Museum number:
8-1633
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Leechbow fibula. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron fibula of the boat type; solid cast; no catch; length: 5.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 1). For bronze parallels to this type, see references under nos. 8-1527–8-1528, tomb A.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb B, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb B
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
May 1897
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bow fibulas
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bow fibula, accession number 8-1633, described as Leechbow fibula. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron fibula of the boat type; solid cast; no catch; length: 5.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 1). For bronze parallels to this type, see references under nos. 8-1527–8-1528, tomb A.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bow fibula, accession number 8-1633, described as Leechbow fibula. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron fibula of the boat type; solid cast; no catch; length: 5.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 1). For bronze parallels to this type, see references under nos. 8-1527–8-1528, tomb A.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bow fibula, accession number 8-1633, described as Leechbow fibula. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron fibula of the boat type; solid cast; no catch; length: 5.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 1). For bronze parallels to this type, see references under nos. 8-1527–8-1528, tomb A.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bow fibula, accession number 8-1633, described as Leechbow fibula. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron fibula of the boat type; solid cast; no catch; length: 5.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 1). For bronze parallels to this type, see references under nos. 8-1527–8-1528, tomb A.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bow fibula, accession number 8-1633, described as Leechbow fibula. Description from Matteucig (1951): Iron fibula of the boat type; solid cast; no catch; length: 5.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XXIII, 1). For bronze parallels to this type, see references under nos. 8-1527–8-1528, tomb A.

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