Terracotta Tamborine Figure

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