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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/47.2.29

Accession_Number

47.2.29

Shape

Figurine

Shape_description

Female tambourine player, with wheelmade body, moulded face and handmade arms. Facial features well preserved. Right hand plays tambourine and is placed higher than left.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Orange

Munsell_color

5YR 6/6

Decoration

Red tinge to body, suggesting originally covered in red wash. Black horizontal stripes across body and above left arm. Vertical black stripes on lower body. Black on back of head.

Inscriptions

Condition

Lower part of body missing. Concretion all over figurine, especially at the back of the head and left hand side of body.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Unknown, compare Larnaca, Kamelarga finds

Period

Cypro-Archaic I

Date

750-475

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.81.0004.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player
2005.81.0016.jpg	Rear view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tambourine player
2008.01.0010.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.01.0011.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.01.0012.jpg	Right profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.01.0013.jpg	Left profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.99.0001.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.99.0002.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.99.0003.jpg	Right profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.
2008.99.0004.jpg	Left profile of a Cypriote figurine, showing a female tamburine player.