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Avatar photoGuy Farrish
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Yes. This is a replica from the Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen.

The original is not in such pristine condition

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another one from the River Waal in the museum, with all the iron corroded away leaving the (brass according to the museum blurb) with silvering traces and evidence of gilding on the lips and eyelids.

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