PRIESTLY STAFF HEAD
Ivory, 18th Century
PRIESTLY STAFF HEAD
Ivory, 18th Century
H 64mm / W 255mm / D 28mm
Emblem of the Armenian Museum of France.
The bodies are decorated with finely carved floral and vegetal motifs. A similar ivory one can be found in the Museum of Cilicia in Antelias. The two snake heads facing eachother indicate that this is a bishop’s crozier.