aaskopf (als ornament)

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bucranium
The head of an ox

It was also in relation to the funerary world that bucrania were placed at the bottoms of the pits.

{i} carved ornament of a ox skull decorated with garlands or wreaths (also bucrane)
A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc