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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Iranian
Title:Fibula top in the form of a bird
Date Made:800-600 BCE
Type:Adornment
Materials:Bronze
Place Made:Asia; Iran; Luristan
Accession Number:  MH 2021.5.15
Credit Line:Gift of Julie Dupree Gill (Class of 1977) from the Dupree Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This finial of a pin is made of bronze. These pins were used as hair or clothing fasteners, yet it is almost impossible to distinguish between the two uses.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; birds; animals

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2021.5.15

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