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1945.9.61

Brass socketed head of an ecclesiastical standard with elaborate openwork design. [MJD 27/11/2009]

1945.9.61

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Collection type
Object
Description
Brass socketed head of an ecclesiastical standard with elaborate openwork design. [MJD 27/11/2009]
Long description
Brass socketed head of an ecclesiastical standard with elaborate openwork design. The standard has a cut out scroll pattern and seven cross shapes around the outside. The standard has a conical base soldered onto a flat 2-3 mm thick plane. [MJD 27/11/2009]
Geographical reference
Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia
Person
Field collector Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
PRM source Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934-1935
Date collected
1934-1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1945
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Openwork, Process Soldered
Dimensions
Depth: max 46 mm, Width: max 285 mm, Length: max 445 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.9.61
Research and responses

For a brief account of the collections donated to the PRM by Wilfred Thiesiger, see 'An Incidental Collection: Objects Donated by Wilfred Thesiger to the Pitt Rivers Museum', by Jeremy Coote, in Wilfred Thesiger in Africa, edited by Christopher Morton and Philip N. Grover (London: Harper Press, 2010), pp. 116-26. [JC 21 12 2010]

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