"The Vulture and the Headless Man Scenes of Violence on a Predynastic Prestige Object from Gebelein" addresses the imagery of a hitherto only scarcely discussed prestige object from Gebelein based on new, high-quality photographs and drawings. The depicted scenes of sacralised violence provide an interesting glimpse into the 'political' iconography of Gebelein at that time and most likely represents the medial staging of a claim to power by a local ruler. A comparison to the motifs of the Decorated Ware as well as recently discovered tattoos on contemporary mummies from Gebelein unveils a remarkably similar repertoire of motifs across all three types of images, firmly integrating the initially unique looking decoration of the Gebelein staff into the iconographic tradition of the Pre- and Protodynastic period.