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Nov 7, 2011
Nov 7, 2011
Figural Pendant
Figural Pendant
400–700
Cast gold
Overall: 7.8 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Weight: 113.82 g
Gift of Mrs. Benjamin P. Bole 1946.80
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This ornament was made with the lost-wax casting technique.
Description
This emphatically male figure combines a human body with a composite animal head. The antlers are the stag's; the snout, perhaps a snarling feline's; and the hair is formed of braided serpents whose heads hiss from the figure's shoulders. The extended tongue may convey aggression or perhaps death because dying animals are depicted with lolling tongues. Either condition is in keeping with the creature's ferocity.
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