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1903.11.0263 :: huvud

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"Terra-cotta head with crescent-shaped ornament." Pl XI:3.

"A group that stands apart from the rest is formed by the heads illustrated in Figs. 22 a.-d. They are without unnecessary ornamentation of any kind, but are conspicuous for firmness of form. With one exception their eyes are represented by deep slits. The mouth is more naturalistically rendered without the aid of impressed dots of primitive effect. One of the heads (Fig 22 d. and Pl XI:3) has a strange-looking crescent-shaped ornament placed right across the top of the head. It does not appear to me too rash to set these figures down as representatives of a specific variation of style that must either be referred to a different period, or else be regarded as originating from some other place of amnufacture. Even the character of the material is different. They are all much worn, which may perhaps be ascribed to the materials less durable." Montell 1936, p 183 ff./Is

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