id: 148289 accession number: 1975.258 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.258 updated: 2021-03-27 12:15:48.109000 Dragon's Head, 1100-1150. Anglo-Norman?, Romanesque period, 12th century. Walrus ivory; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas P. Miller in memory of James J. Rorimer 1975.258 title: Dragon's Head title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1100-1150 creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1150 current location: 106C Medieval Treasury creditline: Gift of Thomas P. Miller in memory of James J. Rorimer copyright: --- culture: Anglo-Norman?, Romanesque period, 12th century technique: walrus ivory department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Romanesque type: Ivory find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Thomas P. Miller, Raleigh, North Carolina. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This exceedingly rare medieval carving, which recalls the more monumental carvings on Viking ship prows, may have been a finial for a diagonal member of a folding chair. The character of the head, the stylized acanthus leaves, and the foliage-spouting mask on the neck are characteristic of north European and Anglo-Norman Romanesque styles. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. page number: Mentioned: p. 68-71; Reproduced: p. 69 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.258/1975.258_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.258/1975.258_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.258/1975.258_full.tif