Card/Transcription No.: 219

219 Gilt 'uas'staff

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1. Position
Between outermost and 2nd shrines: standing up in N.E. corner.

2. Dimensions
L. circ. 157, badly warped.
Average diam. 2. Slight thickening at animal head.
Max. width of fork 5.2: W at bottom 2.

3. Description
Wooden 'uas' staff covered with gesso & overlaid with gold.
Light flimsy wood, badly warped.
No details to head.
Fork at bottom joined solid with gesso.
At 16.5 from top of stick a linen flap or tassel circ. 5 long tied on by a thin strip of linen which
wound round twice.
A number of worm holes in the staff throughout its length.

4. Treatment
Cleaned with ammonia & water: waxed.