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

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The cloak is embroidered with a three-petaled flower motif

It comprises flat rectangular beads

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

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