Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Leaded Bronze:
Cu, 78.76; Sn, 11.33; Pb, 9.63; Zn, 0.024; Fe, 0.02; Ni, 0.04; Ag, 0.09; Sb, 0.1; As, less than 0.10; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.01; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer
Technical Observations: The patina is pale green and black, and the pin is missing. The fibula was made in three sections. First, a rod, with one end rounded and the other hammered flat, was used for the crossbar. Then a wire was coiled around the crossbar, starting in the middle and coiling to one end, at which point it was bent across the top of the fibula to the other end of the crossbar; this wire coiled back to the middle of the crossbar then extended out to become the pin. Finally, the top of the cast bow was hammered over the crossbar, which secured the wire that extends across the top of the fibula as well as the inner end of the coiled wire. The other end of the bow was hammered out to form the catchplate.
Carol Snow (submitted 2002)
