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| Keywords: Visigothic - Pair of Eagle Fibula - Walters 54421, 54422.jpg Walters 54 421 and 54 422 are a pair of superb eagle-shaped fibula found at Tierra de Barros Badajoz southwest Spain made of sheet gold over bronze inlaid with garnets amythysts and colored glass Pendants once dangled from the loops at the bottom The eagle a popular symbol during the Migration period adopted from Roman imperial insignia was favored by the Goths Similar eagle-shaped fibulae have been excavated from Visigothic graves in Spain and Ostrogothic graves in northern Italy but this pair is one of the finest These fibula would have been worn at the same time to fasten a cloak at either shoulder century 6 Early Medieval gold over bronze with gemstones glass and meerschaum 54 421 cm 14 2 7 1 3 2 ; 54 422 cm 14 2 7 1 3 4 accession number 54 421 54 422 77441 Found at Tierra de Barros Badajoz Estremadura Spain Henri Daguerre Paris 1930 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Eagles in jewellery Cloisonné of Europe Visigothic art Visigothic fibulae Ancient Germanic fibulae in the United States Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
