Disembodied Arm Cradling Serpent Ceremonial Banner curiosity Visitors often leave these charms

Visitors often leave these charms at shrines as votive offerings after healings

Ceramic smart phone amplifying phonograph with glossy white glaze and platinum guild measuring 10” wide

each will differ slightly from the one photographed here

perched on a fruiting tree branch (originally captioned “Calyptorhynchus banksii”) by Edward Lear 1812-1888

Disembodied Arm Cradling Serpent Ceremonial Banner curiosity Visitors often leave these charmsABOUT THE PIECE Wall hanging painted flag made of fabric, bullion and wood measuring 24" x 40". An emblematic device of a disembodied arm cradling a serpent and grasping a red baton capped with a golden bee, appearing before a statue of Apollo Pythios, with the rock arch threshold in the landscape beyond. The gilt border above the bee suggests a dripping honeycomb. Flag found behind false wall along with eight other pictorial banners rolled and