Buckle
A small buckle carved from pale bone, with a rounded oval loop whose inner edge is notched with scalloped cutouts. A metal tongue crosses the opening, and a greenish metal fitting sits at the right, where the frame meets the strap plate. The object is set alone against a plain grey ground.
Look closer: Scalloped notches cut into the inner edge of the loop, visible on both sides of the opening.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE
- Medium
- Bone
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3200 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 75).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Bashford Dean, 1920