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Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Given to the Museum in 1884

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Fibula, Europe

In the Roman world, brooches, or fibulae, were used by both men and women to fasten clothes. A fibula was similar to a safety pin, with the pin held in place by a protective clasp. This spring fibula was made in the first century AD, possibly in Italy.

View database record 1884.79.83