Belt Buckle in Two Parts
Unknown Artist
ca. 500–700
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
Belt buckle (17.193.234a): 5 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/16 in. (12.7 x 5.7 x 3 cm); triangular plaque (17.193.234b): 3 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in. (9 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm)
Classification
Miscellaneous-Buckles & Ornament
Culture
Frankish
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.193.234a, b