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

Belt Buckles (Paftas) – Part of Belt

Detailed information

Name of the object

Belt buckles

Inventory №

6617

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Diameter 31 cm, width 6 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Ethnography

Item description

Leaf-shaped, profiled, of metal alloy, hand-made. Joined by three parallel chains. Embossed surface, with 4 beads and stylish ornaments around them, marked by several rows of borders. Chains interrupted in the middle by rosette with scalloped ends
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