Fibula

 

Etruria, Italy, late 8th/early 7th century BCE

 

One-piece bronze bow fibula with a greatly swollen body decorated with a grooved geometric pattern. Northern Etruscan hollow leech (sanguisuga vuota) type with a short pin catch.

L: 11.5 cm

UMP 13602

 

Purchased from D. Kallai of Vienna in 1913.