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Section of a staff or handle showing the 12 Apostles and 4 Evangelist symbols; ivory (elephant ?). Possibly from a flabellum (liturgical fan). Hollowed and shaped at the lower end to form a spiral screw for insertion into another section. Surface decorat
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