Brooch

Jewelry

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Brooch

Description

Knee brooch, missing pin.

Style

Roman

Use

Practical use for pinning together clothing. Knee brooches specifically were mainly form military, with a large area behind the pin in order to gather lots of material.

Collection

Trimontium Trust Handling Collection

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brooch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pin, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

brooches

Material

Bronze

Color

bronze green, Gray

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Parts

Missing pin