Staff Head

29-221-314

From: Persia

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-221-314
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Persia
Section Near Eastern
Materials Steel
Technique Gilded | Incised
Iconography Bovine
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

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 314 - Sommerville Number | 1627 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | 29-130-89 - Other Number

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