S-Shaped Fibula
500–599
- Medium
- silver gilt with garnets and niello
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.2 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm (7/8 x 5/8 x 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Jewelry
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Alemannic, 6th century
About
This fibula is attributed to the Alemanni, meaning "all men," who got their name from being a group of many Germanic tribes.