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Title	Bow Brooch
Date	450–500 5th century
Medium	Gilded silver and garnets
Classification	Metalwork-Silver
Origin	Frankish Frankish
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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