Card/Transcription No.: 098-1

98. Staff, with handle of granulated gold work.

1. Position
Under throne, resting on basket 97

2. Dimensions
Wood 2.8 x 2 wide below handle: 3.3 x 2.2 at bend: 3.6 x 2 just above point.

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A B C D E F G
0
1
2.3
6.3
9.9
13.4
17
22.2
34
99
5.5

3. Description
of hard dark wood (cedar?).
Roughly pointed.
Handle consisted of a series of gold bands fitting close to the wood without intervention of
gesso. Gold varied in thickness up to at least .5. The bands were cylinders: applied whole.

A.

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.6
.6
1

Ring of gold: ends divide & flatten after piercing cap & continue to pierce wood.
Cap. 2.5 in diam, concave on under-side.

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