Copper alloy staff terminals: E.14.1937

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Copper alloy staff terminals

Entities

Staff

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Description

Staff, ceremonial forked terminal (decorated with bulls heads and appearance of string binding)

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.7 cm
Height: 27 cm
Width: 6 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Materials used in production

bronze Copper alloy

References and bibliographic entries

All for Art; the Ricketts and Shannon collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.14.1937
Primary reference Number: 53555
Oldadmincategory: MW
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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            University of Cambridge}}

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