Medieval Bronze Clothing Buckle bangles polished hardwood shaft ending in

polished hardwood shaft ending in a gently swollen butt

Accession Number: Oc1936

is home to multiple related ethnic groups: the Abung (Abung Siwo Mego) of the northern mountains

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This fascinating fragment represents a hand-modeled

Medieval Bronze Clothing Buckle bangles polished hardwood shaft ending inMedieval Period, c. 8801240 AD, Kievan Rus, Eastern Europe A finely cast small bronze buckle, thickly formed and exhibiting the robust utilitarian elegance typical of Kievan Rus metalwork. Likely once silvered or gilded, the surface now bears a rich green patina from centuries of age and burial. The Kievan Rus (c. 8801240 AD), centered on Kyiv, was the first major state of the Eastern Slavsstretching from the Carpathian Mountains to the Volga and from