Figurine

48-2-142

From: Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-142
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Turkey (uncertain)
Date Made 500-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Snake Head
Description

Broken at neck, but otherwise intact. Modern hole on underside. Head of a snake tapering to a tubular body. Flat on underside. Detailed rendering of scales, eyes, and mouth.

Height 1 cm
Length 5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 59 - Collector Number | L-2-223 - Old Loan Number

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