Fibula (Garment Pin)

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Geometric Period (about 800 BCE)

Greek; probably from Southern Italy

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.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Fibula (Garment Pin)
Place: Southern Italy (Object made in)
Date: 800 BCE
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 4.3 × 10 × 1.2 cm (1 3/4 × 25 7/16 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Staff of the Art Institute of Chicago
Reference Number: 1986.973
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