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Kushite priest wearing leopard's head

Kingdom of Kush, 712 – 664BCE
Kushite priest wearing leopard's head, Kingdom of Kush
Kushite priest wearing leopard's head, zoomed in
21 cmKushite priest wearing leopard's head scale comparison5.5 cm

Kushite priest wearing leopard's head is a Kushite Bronze and Gold Leaf Sculpture created between 712BCE and 664BCE. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Priests, Priestesses, Lamas, and Holy Men and Sculpture. SourceSee Kushite priest wearing leopard's head in the Kaleidoscope

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