Object photograph·C06402b·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, figurine (V.379)

Terracotta figurine of an animal head with muzzle and eye, shown on a grey card mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06402b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta animal head, broad at the muzzle, with a hollow nostril at the lower end and a round eye socket set into the side. A rounded ear or crest rises from the top of the head, and the surface is rough and pitted, with a small chip at the upper left. The object is photographed on a grey card mount with a pale border and handwritten notes in the lower left corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, V.379.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. V.379.

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