Staff Head - 29-221-314 | Collections

Object Number:	29-221-314
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Provenience:	Persia
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Steel
Technique:	Gilded Incised
Iconography:	Bovine
Credit Line:	Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:	314 - Sommerville Number 1627 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number 29-130-89 - Other Number

Description

-Metal staff with Bovine Head, -Both Staff and Head are hollow, -Horns curl, -"Gilding" left on horns and eyes, -Incised pattern on staff and head, -very rusted

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. 1627

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