Description:
"Master of Animals" style design. At the top, a stylized human face, looking straight out at the viewer, flanked on either side by the upper half of two identical stylized animals who look at the human figure. The bottom half is composed of the lower portions of the two animals' bodies: symmetrical haunches, legs, and curled tails. The object is hollow, with a cylindrical space running through it vertically. Symmetrical along a vertical axis. Front and back are the same design.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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