"Zoomorphic Rattle"

"Zoomorphic Rattle"

Description:

Pottery zoomorphic rattle; White Painted VI ware; hand-made; two piercings represent eyes and clay pinched into points to represent ears; high vertical handle from top of head to shoulder; body elongated ovoid with pointed base; vertically shaved; traces of painted red band at neck and down body; fabric greenish white; two clay pellets inside to create rattle.


Dimensions: Diameter: 5.60 centimetres; Height: 12.90 centimetres


Object Type: rattle


Ware: White Painted Ware


Series: White Painted VI (SCE type XIV a)


Techniques: pierced; handmade; shaved; painted

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1085