Title: Buckle
Object type: Buckle
Date: late 6th–early 7th century
Culture: Visigothic
Medium: Copper alloy, traces of iron
Dimensions: (a) H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); thickness 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Wt. 3.9 oz. (109 g); (b) H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.9 oz. (54 g)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Buckles & Ornament
Credit line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1920
Geography: Country of Origin    Spain or Portugal      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY