Terracotta male flute player

Terracotta male flute player

Description:

Head of a terracotta figurine of a male, possible a flute player; solid, possibly mould-made; the hears a band aruond his forehead, but the top of the head is missing; eye sockets and eyebrows marked by ridges; incised nostrils; mouth missing. Made of course brick-orange clay.


Dimensions: Height: 9.50 centimetres max


Object Type: artefact


Techniques: mould-made (?)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Accession Number:

1980,1126.9