This slice from a computer tomography (CT) scan captured at the widest area of the neck shows a layer of metal separating the head from the body (see overlay). This is evidence that the head was cast onto an already-cast body by a localized lost-wax process. Excess metal dripped down a hollow channel along the vertical wooden armature in the torso. Elemental mapping by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis revealed that the body is made of a different alloy than the head, confirming that the head was joined to the body at a separate stage. Seated Brahma, Cambodia, late 12th or early 13th century, H. 31.5 cm (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, inv. 54.2734). See Strahan, Donna. 1998. “A Technical Study of 11–12th c. Khmer Bronze Sculpture.” In The Fourth International Conference on the Beginning of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA-IV), May 25–27, 1998, Matsue, Shimane, Japan, The Japan Institute of Metals, Sendai City, Japan, edited by Nihon Kinzoku Gakkai, 97–102. Sendai, Japan: BUMA-IV Organizing Committee / Japan Institute of Metals..