90 Pins and Fibulae

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Needle with spherical Head (3)
Bone Needle (1)
Winged Needle (2)

Pins and fibulae from various materials, like bone, bronze, and iron, were used to attach clothes or to close garments. At the same time, they were pieces of jewellery, very much subject to changes in fashion, and their designs quickly changed. Their function resembles our modern day safety pin.

Info: Showcase 90

Needle

Age: Iron Age - Roman Imperial Period

Material: Animal Bone

Location: Garlstorf

Winged Needle

Age: 600 v. Chr. - 0 Iron Age

Material: Bronze

Location: Soderstorf

Needle with spherical Head

Age: 600 v. Chr. - 0 Iron Age

Material: Bronze, Iron

Location: Soderstorf

Sphere Fibula

Age: 600 v. Chr. - 0 Iron Age

Material: Bronze

Location: HH-Fuhlsbüttel

Fibula from the Midlatène Scheme

Age: 600 v. Chr. - 0 Iron Age

Material: Bronze (?)

Location: HH-Fuhlsbüttel

Safety Pin

Age: 2009 n. Chr. Recent past

Material: (?)

Location: unknown