Staff Head - 29-221-313 | Collections

Object Number:	29-221-313
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Provenience:	Persia
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Steel
Technique:	Incised
Iconography:	Cow Head? Bull Head?
Credit Line:	Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:	313 - Sommerville Number 1626 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number 29-130-90 - Other Number

Description

-Metal Staff with cow/bull head, -Head and Staff both Hollow, -Horns curl in opposite directions, -Incised pattern all over both the head and the staff, -Rusted, -Small x inised at base of head over neck

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Collection of Talismans (Maxwell Sommerville) (23 Oct 1889 - 31 Dec 1889)

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Bibliography:

[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and Metals of Various Countries and Epochs, Illustrative of What Man has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; Also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, etc.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 21, Fig. 1626

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