A Luristan Bronze Openwork Pinhead, ca. early first millennium BCE Household Goods as a strap to carry

as a strap to carry ‘parrajas’ (wooden bowls) that are laden with bush tucker and as a tourniquet for headaches

Condition: Intact and in excellent condition overall

a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus and surmounted by a modius encircled with uraei

surmounts a smooth blade in the form of a polished axe or celt and is drilled transversely for suspension

Length: 10 inches (25

A Luristan Bronze Openwork Pinhead, ca. early first millennium BCE Household Goods as a strap to carryThis openwork pin, cast from the lost wax process, depicts a master of animals figure wearing a headdress and ribbed collar with arms raised, flanked by two inverted lions, framed in a crescent emerging from a lion mask at the base of the figure and terminating in a pair of caprid heads with ribbed collars. Pins of this form were the most popular votive pins in Luristan. The diety shown on them all in the role of "master mistress of animals" was of