Inlaid Belt Buckle
date
403 BCE - 221 BCE
creation place
Asia, China
medium & support
Cast bronze with inlaid silver
measurements
5/8 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (1.59 x 17.15 x 3.51 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley
accession number
2013.019.119
keywords
accessories, agrafes, animal, art, Asians, Chinese, civilization, class, clothes, clothing, component, costume, culture, dragon, earth, fastener, head (animal), hook, human being, lizard, mammal, materiality, Mongolians, nationality, nature, ornament, predatory animal, public, race (human), reptile, serpent, society, tiger, world
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