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| Keywords: Frankish - Belt Buckle - Walters 542344.jpg This buckle is of a type manufactured in workshops near Paris during the last third of the 6th century It is incised with bands of concentric geometric ornament centering on a human face interpreted variously as Medusa or when surmounted by a cross as Christ In either case the face is an apotropaic device intended to protect the wearer from evil late Other date century 6 Early Medieval bronze cm 5 9 5 7 1 5 accession number 54 2344 3350 Joseph Brummer New York Joseph Brummer Sale Parke-Bernet Galleries New York May 12 1949 no 278 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Ile-de-France France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Germanic belt buckles Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
