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Head

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Small head, hand modeled, made of baked clay. It has a primitive aspect. The eyes and mouth are just strokes on the clay, and the curls are shown by small circular holes around the head. This piece comes from a necropolis south of Argin, in the Sudanese Nubia, dated to the so called Group C.

Present location

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID

Inventory number

1980/91/307

Dating

C-GROUP

Archaeological Site

LOWER NUBIA

Category

SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND

Material

CLAY; POTTERY

Technique

ENGRAVED; SCULPTURED; FORMED BY HAND

Height

7.8 cm

Width

8.5 cm

Depth

7.4 cm

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