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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Indus
Title:Head of a female figurine
Date Made:ca. 750-480 BCE (Late Archaic Period)
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware
Place Made:Asia; Turkey; Assos (Behramkale)
Accession Number:  MH 2021.5.31
Credit Line:Gift of Julie Dupree Gill (Class of 1977) from the Dupree Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A finial head with a helmet. The face has no defined eyes or mouth, however, there is are flower-like decorations on either side of the face. The underside of the piece is hollowed out at the attachment point. Date and location are unknown due to the fragmented state of the object.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; pottery

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2021.5.31

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