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head figurine

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human history
  • Description

    figurine head, ceramic, possibly depicting 'Old God'. Round-topped head with two deep grooves each side of the forehead arched over the brows. Earspools broken off. Eyes deep incised slits within large sunken sockets, high cheek bones, badly abraded nose, incised straight mouth with groove on chin and in sunken cheeks with three oblique grooves representing wrinkles/age. Broken at neck join on back of head. Orange brown pigment on some facial areas. Mexico

  • Accession Number
    2012.19.219
  • Accession Date
    10 Dec 2012
  • Other Id

    16552 (Asset Register)

  • Department
  • Display Room
head, figurine, 2012.19.219, 16552, Photographed by Andrew… … Read more

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