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title: Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch
author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3366/frankish-bird-shaped-brooch/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch

_Authored by Metropolitan Museum of Art_

## Image File

[![Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3366.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3366.jpg)

## Image Caption

Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch, second half of 6th century CE. This brooch would have been worn by a woman and is characteristic of Frankish jewelry and fine workmanship.

## Bibliography

- [Art Object | The Metropolitan Museum Mobile](http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/465237?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=frankish&pos=3 "Art Object | The Metropolitan Museum Mobile"), accessed 1 Dec 2016.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Art, M. M. o. (2014, December 18). Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3366/frankish-bird-shaped-brooch/>
### Chicago
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 18, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3366/frankish-bird-shaped-brooch/>.
### MLA
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Frankish Bird-Shaped Brooch." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Dec 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3366/frankish-bird-shaped-brooch/>.

## License & Copyright

© [Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://metmuseum.org/), NY. As part of the [Met's Open Access policy](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access), the Metropolitan Museum of Art has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset. [Original image](http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/465237?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=frankish&pos=3) by [**Metropolitan Museum of Art**](http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/465237?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=frankish&pos=3). Submitted by [Karen Barrett-Wilt](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/klbwilt/ "User Page: Karen Barrett-Wilt"), published on 18 December 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.