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SHM 20563 MMLur 384 :: figure

Object description: Carved relief nose, breasts, shoulders, waist, hips. Incised lines decor for hair, eyes, deeper mouth. Female figure. Circles on cheeks; holes in shoulder for attachment of arms? One deep circular boring for navel and 2 on upper thighs.

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Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 384

Serie nummer

635

MM Lur

384

Object

figure

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Rayy (Rhages)-today a Teheran suburb, or Saveh.

Material

Bone

Material, Swedish

Ben

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932 from an art dealer in Teheran said to come from Rayy (Rhages)-today a Teheran suburb, or Saveh

Description, Swedish

Docka av ben

Description

Carved relief nose, breasts, shoulders, waist, hips. Incised lines decor for hair, eyes, deeper mouth. Female figure. Circles on cheeks; holes in shoulder for attachment of arms? One deep circular boring for navel and 2 on upper thighs.

Name - Acquired from

Arne, Ture J:son (1879-05-07 - 1965-08-02), archaeologist

Description: Ture Arne Johnson, born May 7, 1879 in Söderköping, died 2 August 1965, Swedish archaeologist.
PhD in Uppsala in 1914 with the thesis "La Suède et l'Orient, études sur les relations archéologiques de la Suède et de l'Orient pendant l'Age des Vikings". Arne's field of work was mainly the contacts between Scandinavia and the early Russia.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org