White Painted Owl Rattle

White Painted Owl Rattle

Description:

Terracotta 'owl' rattle in White Painted ware; handmade ovoid body ending in a point; two piercings in top; fine cream-buff fabric decorated with black painted stripes.


Dimensions: Height: 12.20 centimetres


Object Type: rattle


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted VI


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1982,0726.12