Detail View: The AMICA Library: Square-Headed Bow Brooch

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1985.209
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
European; Anglo-Saxon
Creator Name-CRT: 
Anglo-Saxon
Title: 
Square-Headed Bow Brooch
View: 
Principal view
Creation Date: 
6th c.
Creation Start Date: 
500
Creation End Date: 
599
Materials and Techniques: 
Copper alloy-cast; chased; inlaid-niello; gilt; appliqués.
Dimensions: 
L. 13.6 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1985.209
Credit Line: 
Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Alastair B. Martin, Levy Hermanos Foundation, Inc., and J. William Middendorf II, Gifts, 1985
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: [Michael Ward, Inc., New York]
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30241.tif