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Fibula (Pin)

Object Number:30-33-31
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sarmatian
Provenience: Russia
Maikop
Kuban
Date Made: 0-100 CE
Late Date: 100
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Gold
Bronze
Iconography:Man
Length: 4 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930

Description

Balls topped with cluster of balls and gold wire ring.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

44 Eyes in a Museum Storeroom ( Dec 2000 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) View Objects in Exhibition
Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Collection] Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 81-82, no. 103View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Apr 2000. 44 Celebrity Eyes in a Museum Storeroom.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. 1-47 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 16-17View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] 1975. From the Lands of the Scythians: Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C - 100 B.C.. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 158-159View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Muscarella, Oscar W. 1964. "Ancient Safety Pins: Their Function and Significance". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 6. no. 2. pg. 34-40 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 38View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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