Glenda Harris
Belt Buckle 2001.119_web
This splendid belt buckle was made of bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of gilding; bronze and glass between 525-560. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art website this was the Visigoth Spanish Migration Period. It is 2 13/16 x 1 1/16 inches and is an example of the art of the European Migration Period (3rd-7th centuries AD) which is almost completely items for personal adornment. This buckle was made for a woman by the cloisonné technique of fitting the polished garnets into a grid of compartments, or cloisons. There are so many garnets it looks like a ‘carpet’ of red. This portable art would follow its owner into the grave.
This buckle was purchased from the J. H. Wade Fund, Accession Number 2001.119, and is in the public domain. The belt buckle can be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gallery 106A, or viewed online at www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.119.
Belt Buckle 2001.119_web
This splendid belt buckle was made of bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of gilding; bronze and glass between 525-560. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art website this was the Visigoth Spanish Migration Period. It is 2 13/16 x 1 1/16 inches and is an example of the art of the European Migration Period (3rd-7th centuries AD) which is almost completely items for personal adornment. This buckle was made for a woman by the cloisonné technique of fitting the polished garnets into a grid of compartments, or cloisons. There are so many garnets it looks like a ‘carpet’ of red. This portable art would follow its owner into the grave.
This buckle was purchased from the J. H. Wade Fund, Accession Number 2001.119, and is in the public domain. The belt buckle can be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gallery 106A, or viewed online at www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.119.