Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Belt Buckles (Paftas)

Detailed information

Name of the object

Belt buckles

Inventory №

2361

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Height 8,5 cm, width 4 cm. Pafta – length 112 cm, width 6,6 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Ethnography

Item description

“Rectangular” type. Of white bronze, cast. Bordered by dots and 2 wired strips. Decoration of stylized twigs and leaves. Hinged – chain with small ornaments (pendants) – leaves and circle (diameter 3 cm), formed as stylized sunflower with openwork decoration. In front of hinge – pafte (small decorative plaque), rectangular, projecting into stylized leaves. Bordered by dot-like strips. Stylized twigs in the middle
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