Pitt Rivers Museum Anthropology and World Archaology

 

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Pair of fibulae

Algeria

 

Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Given to the Museum in 1884

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Fibulae, Algeria

Fibulae, or brooches, like these two from Algeria, were usually worn in pairs by women. The inverted triangle represented the female form. The two fibulae were often chained together, with an amulet case suspended between them.

View database record 1884.79.6