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

Belt Buckles (Paftas)

Detailed information

Name of the object

Belt buckles

Inventory №

7168

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Length 30 cm, diameter 14 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Ethnography

Item description

Of yellowish metal, round, convex, sides pointed by relief openwork decoration with floral ornaments. Bordered by several convex lines, at the centre – circular convex part with stylized floral motif, in diamond-shaped figure with relief decoration. Perpendicular to each of the sides and at the end of the buckles – motifs also with floral relief decoration
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