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

Belt Buckles (Paftas)

Detailed information

Name of the object

Belt buckles

Inventory №

2012

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Length pafta 7 cm, width 4,5 cm, diameter 5,5 cm, overall length 25 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Ethnography

Item description

Low grade silver. rectangular plaques, pointed. Bordered by wired decoration in 2 rows, between them granulated beads. In the middle stylized floral decoration. The two parts joined by chain of rings inserted into each other in 4 rows with another round plaque, convex with geometric ornaments
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