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| Keywords: Langobardic - Fibula - Walters 542440 - Back.jpg The Langobards perhaps inspired by jewelry of the Goths developed bird-headed S-shaped fibulae during their 6th-century settlement in Pannonia present-day Hungary The body was cast from a carved mold and finished with gold gilding The eyes originally were set with stones or glass On the back an iron pin set into a bronze hinge and J-shaped catch held the pin in place The hinge and the catch are intact while remains of the iron pin and the fragments of the textile to which this pin was attached remain in the hinge late 6th-early 7th century Early Medieval bronze overlaid with gold cm 3 7 3 5 0 4 accession number 54 2440 28360 Mathias Komor New York Walters Art Museum October 14 1958 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1958 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin north Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Lombard jewellery from Italy Lombard S fibulae | ||||
