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Object Type
Museum number: 1900,0903.10
Description: Terracotta figurine of a female playing a tambourine; wheel-made columnar body with splaying base; hand-made applied arms (right one lost) and instrument; moulded head with Egyptianising features: rounded face and nose with eyes ringed in black paint; wig-like hair (also shown with black paint) swept behind ears; made of orange-buff clay and decorated with black painted: bands and stripes on the body, with facial details also picked out in paint.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600BC-500BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Lapithos, Cave sanctuary at a locality called 'Embros Temenon' 0.5km east of Lapithos village (near)
Materials
Technique: painted; handmade; wheel-made; moulded
Dimensions: Height: 18.50 centimetres (max)
Curator's comments: See Karageorghis Coroplastic, volume VA, 68-75 for additional examples of tambourine players with moulded faces. Karageorghis suggests that Lapithos was also the place of manufacture based on the findspot of the BM example.
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A145); Kiely 2011e / The ancient Kingdom of Lapethos (19)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1900,0903.10
Conservation

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