A Luristan Bronze Openwork Pinhead, ca. early first millennium BCE Household Goods Condition: Intact and in very

Condition:  Intact and in very good condition overall

the forelegs raised with upright rippling mane and attached flowing tail

wall paintings such as this example often featured a monochromatic background in rich reds

His close connection to all aspects of fertility and sexuality is demonstrated by the presence of his image in the "Birth-houses"

He wears a wide-banded headdress secured with a chinstrap

A Luristan Bronze Openwork Pinhead, ca. early first millennium BCE Household Goods Condition: Intact and in veryThis openwork pin, cast from the lost wax process, depicts a master of animals figure wearing a headdress and ribbed collar with arms raised, flanked by two inverted lions, framed in a crescent emerging from a lion mask at the base of the figure and terminating in a pair of caprid heads with ribbed collars. Pins of this form were the most popular votive pins in Luristan. The diety shown on them all in the role of "master mistress of animals" was of