plaquette (Ice Age art);
portable art
- Museum number
- Palart.691
- Description
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Engraved stone slab. One face of this five sided waterworn stone slab is engraved. The engravings are centred on the surface and the right edge was damaged after engraving in ancient times. On one surface there are four superimposed animals facing right. Amongst these, three horses, two of which have separate heads, share a tail, hindquarters and a penis. The smallest of these, at left of the composition, has one foreleg and both hind legs drawn back and its head up, as if cantering. A larger figure to the right is shown standing. The forelegs, chest and muzzle of this animal are duplicated to create a third horse and, in the repitition of the front legs, to create the effect that this animal is walking. The horses are superimposed on a reindeer, missing part of its head due to a break on this edge of the stone. Its front and back legs are flexed beneath its body, it has a feathered dart in its throat and an additional sign below its jaw. The opposite surface of this plaquette is worn.
- Production date
- 11000BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 16.30 centimetres
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Weight: 708.70 grammes
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Thickness: 2.40 centimetres
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2013 24 Jun-16 Sep, Spain, Santander, Fundación Botín, Ice Age Art
2013 7 Feb-26 May, London, BM Ice Age Art
2009 11 Dec-2010 10 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, Treasures of the World’s Cultures
2009 1 May-20 Sep, Victoria, Royal BC Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006-2007 23 Sept-7 Jan, Sheffield, Millennium Galleries, 'Art at the Rockface'
2006 22 May-3 Sept, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 'Art at the Rockface'
2004 26 Jun-29 Aug, Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 10 Apr-13 Jun, Fukuoka Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 17 Jan-28 Mar, Kobe City Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2003 18 Oct-14 Dec, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
1984-1985 1 Oct-31 Dec, France, Paris, Musee de l'Homme, Arts et Civilisations des Chasseurs de la Prehistoire
Has mount.
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Palart.691
