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The people of ancient Italy used fibulae to fasten their garments and also to display wealth. Navicella (little boat) fibulae have arched bows and were used almost exclusively by females from the end of the ninth century B.C.
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Title: Bronze navicella-type fibula (safety pin)
Period: Geometruc-Archaic
Date: 8th–7th century BCE
Culture: Early Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: length 6 1/8in. (15.6cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.260
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