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Head

Artist
Date500 - 0 B.C.
Mediumfired clay
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1964.2.50
DescriptionThis unslipped grey ware head has a tall headdress incised with four vertical lines. The top of the headdress is wider than the bottom, and indents noticeably. Each of the two eyebrows consists of two protruding slanted lines. The eyes are holes, the left is larger than the right. The nose is a snout, the mouth is open and grinning. The two ears each have slanting incised lines.
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