Lovely.
Reposted from
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
This elaborate staff-head is carved from a single piece of ivory. It would have been attached to a pastoral staff, or crosier, a stylised staff carried by a high-ranking member of the Church to represent their authority.
See it in Gallery 41.
🐑 Crosier head, 13th century, Sicily. AN1685.A.600
See it in Gallery 41.
🐑 Crosier head, 13th century, Sicily. AN1685.A.600
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