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Figure depicting a priestess made of light brown grainy clay with white limestone particles and dark grits, giving the surface a speckled appearance, and fine fold mica. The figure is covered in white slip with red and black thin, matt paint. The figure has a cylindrical body and is dressed with hieratic garments and necklaces with a wreath on her head. She holds her right arm across her chest with her right hand cupping the bottom of the longer necklace. A wig-like coiffure lies on each shoulder. Painted with broad red bands across the chest, black on the sleeves and wreath, and black outlines around the eyes.
Bird-shaped askos or vase consisting of brown clay with a cream slip. Fine-grained clay with small white limestone grits, a few dark grits and a small amount of fine mica. Black, thin matt paint. Bird has a short fat body and two short stumps for legs. Wings are indicated by painted decoration. Tubular spout on back. Vertical loop handle attached to spout and head. Broad bands of paint accent the body parts.
Figure of a horse and rider consisting of red clay with a cream slip. Buff, gritty fabric, full of white limestone particles and dark grits, giving the surface a speckled appearance. Black and red paint, thin and matt. Horse with applied tail and ears, human figure on back wears a conical headdress. He rests his hands on either side of the horse's head. Figures are modeled separately. Physical details of each figure rendered in paint as well as linear decoration on horse's neck.
Figure of a horse consisting of grey clay with a white slip. Buff, gritty clay, full of small white limestone particles and dark grits. Animal has two panniers on back. Tail, eyes, and ears modeled in relief. The bottom of each pannier is pierced through and plugged with an unidentifiable substance.
Bull figure, consisting of mottled red, fairly grainy clay, full of white limestone particles and fine silver mica. White slip with remnants of black paint. The bull has two grooves on either side of neck, pellets for eyes, grooves on front of head. Ears and tail made separately and applied. There is a circular hole in the bottom of the stomach.
A fully modelled ceramic bull of light orange clay, crudely painted white with details in brown paint and green slip. Details of harness and saddle are flat while flowers, tail, tongue etc., are modelled additions. The bull is hollow with a small strap handle in front of the vessel mouth on the animal's back. The loops of fat at the front of the neck, which are part of the ritual cutting and featured prominently.
A fully modeled ceramic church with a domed bell tower and a peaked roof surmounted by a cross. Loosely painted in light and dark brown with details in dark orange and brown. Details of clock and bells are modeled additions.
A very large ceramic church of orange-fired clay, crudely painted in off-white with details in two shades of brown. The single tower with dome and bell is surmounted by a cross. Modelled additions are used for the clock and architectural statues. Five modelled humans appear in three doorways. Some chipping and cracking around the base.
Upright pipe with lower round bowl incised with crosshatching and arrow point design and a stem that flares at the end. There is a slightly conical spout halfway down the stem.
Pot made of red clay with rounded base and shoulder and a vertical lip around the mouth. Decorated with an incised semi-circule and linear design around the mouth. Black discolourations as a result of firing.