figure(head);
fly-whisk
- Museum number
- 126814
- Description
-
Fragment of an ivory female head .The hair falls behind the ears and is bound with a head-dress from which five drop beads fall over the forehead.
This artefact belongs to a group of five female (126817, 126818, 118254,126814, 118208) and eleven male heads (only available Big Numbers are 118212, 126816, 126812, 126815, and 126811).
- Production date
- 9thC BC-7thC BC
- Dimensions
-
Length: 2 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This artefact belongs to a group of five female (126817, 126818, 118254,126814, 118208) and eleven male heads (only available Big Numbers are 118212, 126816, 126812, 126815, and 126811).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- incomplete; burnt.
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 126814
- Registration number
- 1856,0903.524