Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Stone axe head. The body is long and relatively narrow, rounded but somewhat squat in profile. The posterior end is shaped into a blunt point, while the anterior is wider and is carved into a thick blade. The stone darkens slightly in colour toward the blade.
Serrated stone blade(?). The object is a flat, thin piece of stone, with a large ‘u’ shaped cut-out at top, and a smaller one at bottom. Both sides of the blade are slightly curved outward, with many pointed projections carved into each with flakes removed on both sides to sharpen.
Stone mace. Object is unevenly circular and bulbous, somewhat squat, with a large hole carved through the centre. The hole is narrow at its mid-point and flares slightly toward each end.
Stone disk. Object is rectangular, with rounded corners and a slightly bulging profile top and bottom. A deep, encircling groove has been carved around the edges. The top is covered by a set of straight, parallel, and neatly gouged lines, 17 in all.
Stone mace. Object is round and bulbous, somewhat squat, with a large hole carved through the centre. The hole is narrow at its centre point and flares slightly toward each end. Around the openings on both sides is carved a thin, encircling ring.
Stone mace. Object is round and squat, with a flat top and bottom. The carved face of an animal protrudes from the side, with a protruding snout, large chin, two ears atop the head, and forehead and cheek lines. A large hole is carved through the centre of the mace, slightly narrower at its centre point and flaring toward each end. A faint carved line encircles the top.
Ceramic pot. The rim is flared and decorated on the outside with incised lines and triangles. The neck is long and widens slightly toward a bulbous body, also decorated with incised lines and crosses. A small animal head, possibly a turtle(?), protrudes out of the shoulder. It has large round eyes, a beaked nose, and an open mouth. The creature has small knob of a tail that protrudes from the opposite side of the pot. The circular foot of the pot recedes from the body and is indented at bottom.
Clay vessel, black in colour. The body is bulbous and relatively tall, with several thick encircling depressions pressed into the clay. A small mouth opens into the hollow centre of the object, below which is a face with large round eyes and a protruding snout with incised nostrils and mouth. The vessel stands on three small square legs, each with a series of incised decorative lines.
Round clay bowl with a deep body and wide mouth, narrowing to a rounded bottom. Bowl is decorated on the outside rim with two encircling lines of orange pigment. On the inside are encircling lines in orange and brown at the midpoint, above which are colour blocks and curved and linear designs in orange outlined with brown.
Clay dish. From a widely flared mouth the dish tapers to a narrow waist before widening again into a slightly smaller flared base. The body is covered with small round knobs, evenly spaced and laying in encircling horizontal rings. The base is hollow.