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1903.11.0246 :: kärl, kruka

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"Terra-cotta bifrons vessel."

"In the Hedin collections from Yotkan are preserved two examples of the peculiar clay vessel type known as bifrons vessels. As the name indicated, the body of such a vessel is decorated with a human face on either sidde, so that in every case one face is male and the other female. The vessel consists of two halves, moulded separately and stuck together before firing. Their junction runs through the median axis of the vessel and the projections that represent the jointly possessed ears. Immediately above these a horn projects obliquely on each side. Whether these horns are fudimentary handles, or whether they served as pointes of attachments for a possible suspension cord, I am unable to determine. Pl. III 4-c shows one of these vessels, which is almost intact. The foot, which is composed of the neck possessed in common by the two faces, is of small diameter, and it appears probable that the vessel was principally designed for hanging." Montell 1936, p. 158.

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1903.11.0246 :: kärl, kruka

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