Artwork Details
- Title
- Fibula
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1985
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 5 x 2 x 1 in. (12.7 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986)
- Mediums Description
- sterling silver, cinnabar, wood, glass
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1990.90
Artwork Description
Ramona Solberg came up with the idea for these brooches when her local bead society had a bazaar, and she chose to combine them with metal rather than string them conventionally. These pieces recall the fibulae that the ancient Celts used to fasten cloaks around their shoulders.