Description
Worn as a clasp for clothing, this type of double-spiral fibula was popular in Greece before the style was adopted in the southern Italian peninsula.
Provenance
Michael Ward Inc., New York; sold to the Professional Museum Association of the Art Insitute and given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.
Accession Number
64921
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
4.3 × 10 × 1.2 cm (1 3/4 × 25 7/16 × 1/2 in.)
Classification
fibula
Credit Line
Gift of the Staff of the Art Institute of Chicago
