The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 12, 2020

Fibula with Solar Design

c. 700-675 BC

Greece, Boeotian, 7th Century BC

Bronze

Overall: 15.4 x 11.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1999.9

Location

102B Greek

Fun Fact

A fibula is an ancient safety pin that held garments in place.

Description

The incised crescent body of this bronze fibula (brooch) maps the route of the sun.

Citations
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. Reproduced: p. 28 no. 8; Mentioned: p. 115, no. 8
Exhibition history

MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 8, p. 115, color repr. p. 28.

The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1999.9