Harvard Art Museums > 1920.44.246: Bow of a Navicella Fibula Jewelry Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bow of a Navicella Fibula , 1920.44.246,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304036. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1920.44.246 Title Bow of a Navicella Fibula Classification Jewelry Work Type pin, fibula Date late 8th-7th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria Period Orientalizing period Culture Italic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304036 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast, lost-wax process Dimensions 2.3 x 2.1 cm (7/8 x 13/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is patchy green, red, and blue corrosion over a pale green and black surface; there are tan burial deposits on the interior. The spring, catchplate, and pin are missing. The fibula bow was cast, and there is some evidence of finishing work after casting. Carol Snow (submitted 2002) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton Accession Year 1920 Object Number 1920.44.246 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums This fragmentary navicella fibula preserves only the bow; the catchplate, spring, and pin are all missing. The small bow is hollow on the underside. Spherical knobs are present on either side of the widest part of the bow (1). NOTES: 1. Compare A. Naso, I bronzi etruschi e italici del Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Kataloge vor- und frühgeschichtlicher Altertümer 33 (Mainz, 2003) 263-65, nos. 483-84 and 486-87, fig. 170, pl. 104; and V. Palone, “Le fibule navicella,” in Il Museo delle Antichità Etrusche e Italiche 3: I bronzi della collezione Gorga, ed. M. G. Benedettini (Rome, 2012) 98-125, esp. 120-21, no. 375, pl. 20. Lisa M. Anderson Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Related Works 1920.44.242 Bow of a Navicella Fibula Jewelry Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
