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Fragment of a shell with a sculpted female head

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Date

ca. 7th century BCE

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Sculpture

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Title

Fragment of a shell with a sculpted female head

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Material

Shell (Tridacna squamosa)

Dimensions

1 13/16 in. × 3 1/8 in. × 2 in. (4.6 × 8 × 5.1 cm);
depth: 5.1centimetre;
height: 4.6centimetre;
width: 8centimetre

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Date

ca. 7th century BCE

Provenance

Gift of Walter Hauser, 1955

Style Period

Iron Age II

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Public Domain

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Location

Levant or Mesopotamia

Subjects

Heads

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Fragment of a shell with a sculpted female head, ca. 7th century BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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