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1903.11.0261 :: huvud

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"Female figures. In most cases it is possible to determine whether these clay heads are meant to represent women or men, head-dresses or head-ornaments providing reliable guidance on that point. Both sexes are about equally represented, thought it is possible that women in some degree predominate. Facial features are as a rule modelled on the same plan, which is natural enought seeing that the heads were first pressed into a mould and then given a finish. The expression is, therefore, generally stereotype and lifeless. In relation to their length the faces are very broad, the forehead is low, the nose is disproportionately small, and the eyes long and narrow. The mouth is accentuated by means of the corners´ being indicated by two deeply impressed holes, as is also frequently the case with the nostrils. The chin is weak, and the ears merely suggested, if at all visible. The eyebrows are often represented by arches formed by impressed dots set close together. The potter centred his interest upon the head-ornaments, which, so far as can be judged, must have been very complex."

Montell 1936, p. 179 ff.

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