Object Description
A Luristan, cast bronze, disc-headed garment pin decorated in a symmetrical repoussé design. It’s large, circular head features a central face, framed by hatched hair and a beard and most likely representing a mask of a deity. Below the mask are two addorsed, advancing ibexes, each with a rosette above their back and a foliage motif before the chest. To the top, two rampant lions flank the ‘Master of Animals’ motif, which features pricked ears and a two-tiered headpiece. Two zoomorphic figures emerge from his cheeks and grasp onto the lions. The bodies of the lions and ibexes are segmented and decorated with linear patterns. The long, tapering shank is undecorated.
The pin is accompanied with a custom-made padded holder.
Date: Circa 1200-800 BC