File:Bronze serpent or swan head.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,323 × 2,112 pixels, file size: 2.47 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Bronze serpent or swan head   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Bronze serpent or swan head
Description
A serpent or swan head in bronze. There is a double band around the around the neck, perhaps a collar, and incised feathers or scales. The head has been broken off from a larger piece.
Date Medieval (possibly)
Medium Metal - Copper alloy - Bronze
Dimensions H 5.5
institution QS:P195,Q2659085
Current location
Collections
Accession number
MG 139/071
Object history File of material relating to a [serpent head or swan] (MG 139/071), a toy figure of a man (MG 139/072), a figure of an animal, probably a donkey (MG 139/073) and an animal head fragment (MG 139/074). Includes document comprising photocopies of information card for each object (date unspecified); document comprising photocopies of image of each object (date unspecified).
Credit line Hunt Museum
Source https://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/bronze-serpent-or-swan-head/
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Public Domain via Hunt Museum

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:49, 21 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 22:49, 21 December 20202,323 × 2,112 (2.47 MB)Hunt Museum Collections (talk | contribs)pattypan 20.04

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bronze_serpent_or_swan_head.jpg&oldid=835050041"