About the Artwork
Boat-shaped Fibula
between 7th and 6th century BCE
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Italic
Villanovan
Bronze
Overall: 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches (2.2 × 8.9 × 4.4 cm)
Costume Accessories
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Mrs. Francis W. Robinson
1988.214
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Provenance
Mrs. Francis W. Robinson
1989-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Caccioli, D. A. The Villanovan, Etruscan and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 14. Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2009, cat. no. 21, p. 54, ill. p. 52, pl. 22.
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Villanovan, Italic, Boat-shaped Fibula, between 7th and 6th century BCE, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Francis W. Robinson, 1988.214.
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