figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Head from an animal figurine in dark red terracotta, with flat, rather bovine muzzle, punched out eyes, a black painted stripe extending diagonally from what appears to be the left ear to the lower neck.

Head from an animal figurine in dark red terracotta, with flat, rather bovine muzzle, punched out eyes, a black painted stripe extending diagonally from the left ear (?) to the lower neck. Marked on the lower neck with 'SD' (Sar Dheri, Charsadda District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). Early Historic Period, probably early centuries. Archaeological context: presumably unstratified and from a surface collection. Given by Col. D H Gordon (1952/3).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn3707.6
Date
Early Historic Period, probably early centuries
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay; terracotta
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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