Head of a Crozier, ca. 1175–1225, South Italian, Ivory, traces of polychromy and gilding, Overall: 6 5/16 x 5 5/16 x 7/8 in. (16 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm), Ivories, Shaped like a shepherd’s crook, a crozier is carried by bishops and abbots as an emblem of their authority and their role in guiding the faithful.
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Head, Crozier, ca, 1175–1225, South Italian, Ivory, traces, polychromy, gilding, Overall, 6 5/16 x 5 7/8, 16 13.5 2.3 cm, Ivories, Shaped, shepherd, crook, crozier, carried, bishops, abbots, emblem, authority, role, guiding, faithful
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