Etendard, M.C. 8877, Entre -1000 et -750

Production date: between -1000 and -750 type(s) of object(s): archaeology, metal, metal arts, beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, luristan name(s): symbolic object, standard - sign (archaeology) materials and techniques: bronze, lost wax casting location of discovery: luristan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 19. 6cm width: 7. 5cm thickness: 2. 3cm description: the human faces emerging from the mouths of the wild animals give this idol an exceptional character, with no known equivalent. The central figure wears a triangular beard and is topped with a rounded cone marked with fine vertical streaks. His strangely thin arms assume a realistic posture. Bracelets adorn the wrists. The hands, gripping the necks of the wild animals, are only represented on one side, breaking here with the usual symmetry of the two faces. Rooster heads emerge from the human mask at waist level. Mode of acquisition: donation (notarial deed) name of donor, testator, seller: pfister (madame) date of acquisition: 04–12–1958 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 8877. Date: Entre -1000 et -750.