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Subiaco Museum > Records

BROOCH: SILVER BEETLE

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Overview

Silver brooch, finely crafted in the shape of a beetle, with extended wings. The head is tiny with two feelers coming from it. The two front legs cross under the feelers. The body is in two parts, a small almost circular section and a large curved section. These two parts have a small lumpy pattern all over. The back legs are curved behind and are in one piece that curves underneath the body part to become the front legs. The underneath body has lines running across. The extended wings have lines forming a pattern, with the bar clip underneath.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1995.15

Item type

Material

Width

40 mm

Height or length

30 mm

Keywords

COSTUME ACCESSORIES

Costume/fashion

Photographed 2023

Statement of significance

Anthropomorphic brooch in the form of a beetle

Subiaco Museum

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