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| Keywords: Frankish - Griffin Fibula - Walters 57571.jpg This fibula shaped like a griffin a mythical creature half lion and half eagle is decorated with twisted gold filigree wires and has a red stone or glass inlay for an eye It was one of a pair crafted in a workshop in northern France Originally these paired brooches were worn by women one on either side of the chest Its mate belongs to the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest Similar griffin fibulae have been found in late 6th-century Frankish graves mid-late 6th century Early Medieval gold and bronze cm 2 5 3 8 0 8 accession number 57 571 33075 Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin north France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Merovingian fibulae Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Fibulae with zoomorphic figures Germanic animal style | ||||
