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Cypriot Tambourine Player, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Cypriot Tambourine Player, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 620–525 BC. British Museum, EA50123.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Cypriot Tambourine Player

Cypriot terracotta figure of woman(?) playing tambourine, wearing helmet and necklace, but otherwise naked. Handmade in primitive style with traces of painted red decoration on helmet. Broken at waist, missing body and legs. Pale buff fabric with fine white and black inclusions. Dimensions: Height: 6.50 centimetres; Thickness: 3.60 centimetres; Width: 4 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: handmade; painted Condition: fair (incomplete -upper part only)

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
620 - 525 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Temple of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

Identifiers

Accession no.
EA50123, British Museum

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