Terracotta Tamborine Figure
Description: | Terracotta female figure holding tamborine to chest; moulded; long hair down sides of neck with head covering at top; dressed in long robe; surface worn; coarse orange clay; originally described as having black bands painted on costume but these are not visible; flat back; broken at lower legs, feet lost. Dimensions: Height: 23 centimetres max ; Thickness: 3.70 centimetres; Width: 6.80 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: moulded; painted (?) |
Period: | Archaic |
Date: | 750 - 475 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Enkomi |
Accession Number: | 1897,0401.896 |