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stave top

On display
human history
  • Description

    stave top, cast bronze. Rod with socket at lower end and stylised figure at top. Figure and rod appear to have been made in separate parts and then attached. Ornamentation on figure's arms and neck, wearing hat. Image of figure is on both sides. A number of circular and raised relief designs decorate lower portion of staff.

  • Place
    Luristan/Persia
  • Accession Number
    1938.133
  • Other Id

    23910 (ethnology)

    B116 (bronze)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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  • stave top, 1938.133, B116, 23910, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • stave top, 1938.133, B116, 23910, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • stave top, 1938.133, B116, 23910, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • stave top, 1938.133, B116, 23910, digital, © Auckland Museum CC BY, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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