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Figure Pottery head

Object number

LDSAL946

Production date

4th century AD
8th century AD

Production place

South America

Material

pottery

Dimensions

Height: 151mm
width: 143mm
Depth: 195mm

Location

Burlington House -
    Hollow pottery head with concave back suggesting decorative element of jar or other vessel. Human head with facial features detailed in relief with open eye, hooked nose, and open mouth showing prominent teeth. Figure appears to be wearing bird shaped mask with hooked beak protruding from bridge of nose; figure wears elaborate headdress with central band of detail; disc shaped adornment at centre of forehead.
    South American [?] pottery head with concave back, which suggests that the head once featured as a decorative element of a jar or other vessel. The facial features of the pottery head are detailed in relief with open eyes, hooked nose, and open mouth showing prominent teeth. The figure appears to be wearing a bird shaped mask with a hooked beak protruding from the bridge of the nose. The human figure wears an elaborate headdress with a central band of detail and disc shaped adornment at the centre of the forehead.