Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Bronze:
Cu, 87.76; Sn, 10.53; Pb, 1.48; Zn, 0.005; Fe, 0.02; Ni, 0.01; Ag, 0.08; Sb, 0.11; As, less than 0.10; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.01; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer
Technical Observations: The patina is green and black. The object is substantially mineralized, and anything that may have existed below the neck has been broken off and lost.
The head is a hollow cast, probably using an indirect lost-wax technique. Modern fill material prevents inspection of the interior. The wall thickness at the break edge of the neck is 2 to 2.5 mm. The break is a brittle fracture and shows no evidence of a join at this location. The surface is too corroded to estimate the degree of detail enhanced by cold working, but most of the decoration was probably cast and refined in the wax. The irises of the eyes appear to have been made with a round punch in the metal. There is no evidence that they were inlaid.
Henry Lie (submitted 2001)