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Carter No.: 232

Handlist description: Gilt was staff

Card/Transcription No.: 232


232 Gilt 'uas' Staff

<> 15.5 6.5 4

1. Position Between outermost and second shrines: standing on L side of doorway. The staff was upside down, the head resting on the ground, the forked end uppermost.

2. Dimensions Max. L. 158.5 Diam. at head end 1.8: above fork 2: sides of fork 1: head 1.2 swelling in centre to 2.

3. Description Staff covered with gesso and overlaid with gold. Bottom of fork made solid in one piece by the gesso. No details of animal head. At 16 from top a strip of linen .4 wide wound round twice. This had served as binding for a slop or tassel (?), similar to 219. Stick much warped.

4. Treatment Washed, cleaned with ammonia, & waxed.

Card no. 232 relating to Carter no. 232
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