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Staff Head or Sword Pommel with Animals among Foliage

1868, after original of late 12th century
Plaster cast of original ivory carving
State: Reproduction

2 5/16 in. x 4 3/4 in. (5.93 cm x 12.07 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 1868.3.a
Acquisition Date: 1908
Geography: Europe, Norway
Classification: Fine and Visual Arts; Sculptures; Fictile Ivories
Culture/Nationality: Norwegian
Collection: Fictile Ivories
Description: Cast of the side of a staff head or sword pommel with animals among branches and leaves after the original in the Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, Inv. No. 9101; formerly Copenhagen, Royal Museum. Description: "A block of ivory slightly curved with sloping ends, both surfaces elegantly carved with an arabesque of branches and leaves, amongst which various animals are represented, much in the style of the carved woodwork in some of the early Scandinavian churches." (Westwood p. 169)

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  • casts - Sculptural works or reproductions made by casting. In industrial and building trade contexts, prefer "castings."
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  • figurative art - Art that portrays forms recognizably derived from objective sources, in however altered or distorted form. Includes but not limited to representations of the human figure.
  • Plaster casts
  • representation - A manner of expression by the artist in which the subject matter is presented so that the observer is reminded of actual visible forms. However, the subject represented may or may not exist in the visible world. For example, representations may include presentations of subject matter that are invisible to the eye, such as emotions or imaginary events, as if they are visible.

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The following Bibliography exist for this object:
  • J. O. Westwood, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoods. London, England, 1876
    Page Number: 169, no. 378
  • Else Roesdahl and David M. Wilson. From Viking to Crusader Rizzoli. New York, NY, 1992
    Page Number: 390, no. 612

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