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head, figurine

On display
human history
  • Description

    Figurine head. Wide band headdress of a plain slightly curved panel with rounded ends. A single rolled band beneath runs across the forehead and down each side of the face to the centrally perforated earspools. Eyes slit style, small wide nose, thin mouth. Flattened tube on the back may be airway of a whistle which the figure was attached to. Faint traces of white pigment on front. Broken at neck and top of airway.

  • Accession Number
    2012.19.176
  • Accession Date
    10 Dec 2012
  • Other Id

    L1004 (LA Museum number)

    16552 (Asset Register)

  • Department
  • Display Room
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