Bow Fibula
Geometric Period (800–600 BCE)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 5 × 8.8 × 0.7 cm (2 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Greece
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This precious bronze object is a votive, or devotional gift, made as an offering to the gods. They come in many forms, such as animals, beads and brooches. Many seem once to have been attached to something else. Votives were hung from sacred trees or placed in sanctuaries around Greece. Once a shrine was full, the votives were ceremonially buried to make room for more offerings.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
