figure (ritual & belief: representations)

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3707.18
Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3707.18
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3707.18 Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3707.18

Lion's face in coarse red pottery, pierced via its roughly circular open mouth to the other side, possibly a sort of boss-like spout placed at the side or shoulder of a vessel. It has only crude, roughly drawn physical characteristics: erect ears with incised lines, punched and carved out eyes and eyebrows and the nose a couple of incised vertical lines. In the top of the head is a deeply punched hole.

A lion's face in coarse red pottery, pierced via its roughly circular open mouth to the other side, possibly a sort of boss-like spout placed at the side or shoulder of a vessel. It has only crude, roughly drawn physical characteristics: erect ears with incised lines, punched and carved out eyes and eyebrows and the nose a couple of incised vertical lines. In the top of the head is a deeply punched hole. Marked on the inside in black ink with ‘SD’ (probably Sari Dheri, Charsadda District, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan). Early Historic Period in date, probably early centuries. Archaeological context: presumably unstratified and probably from a surface collection. Given by Col D H Gordon (1952/3).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn3707.18
Date
Early Historic Period, probably early centuries
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 30 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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