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Object Number:32-41-25
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iran
Tureng
Archaeology Area: Tureng Tepe, 104.55, Square 2, L x A, Burial 52 resting on right on right humerus of Burial 52
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Iconography:Woman
Height: 18.33 cm
Width: 12.26 cm
Credit Line:University Museum / Kansas City Expedition to Luristan, Frederick R. Wulsin, 1932
Other Number:648 - Field No SF
B52 - Other Number
0800 - Cast Number

Description

Grey ware. Standing female figure. Right foot missing. Eyes originally inlaid. 9 bracelets on right arm, 7 on left; 5 collars on breast, each with a button at center in front; 6 collars which belong more properly to the neck, though it is hard to distinguish; these last 6 have only 3 central buttons.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Sex: A History in 30 Objects (17 Oct 2015 - 31 Jul 2016) View Objects in Exhibition
Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 145View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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