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Object Number 40-77-40/11168
Display Title Belt
Descriptions
Object Description Numerous bronze buttons. Five are still affixed to a piece of leather, about 6.5 x 4.5 cm. Perforated with holes at regular intervals (24 currently visible). 328 buttons are separate. This group must be considered an object of clothing or armor, probably a belt. 1.2 cm. (diameter)
Inventory Description Metal, personal, belt, fragmentary, square piece of perforated leather, many hem
Classification
  • Belt
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 142
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 5 x 1.7 cm (2 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 331
Label on object 40-77-40/11168
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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