Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1907.68.17

Painted plaster cast of spear straightener with two sculptured bulls heads. [SM (Verve) 13/6/2016]

On display

1907.68.17

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Painted plaster cast of spear straightener with two sculptured bulls heads. [SM (Verve) 13/6/2016]
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
[Aquitaine Dordogne Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Laugerie Basse] [Musée de St. Germain-en-Laye]
Person
Field collector Robert Ferris Damon
PRM source Robert Ferris Damon
Date / Period
Date made: By 1907 Date made: 19000-15000 BC Archaeological period: Upper Palaeolithic Solutrean
Date collected
Before 1907
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1907
Materials and processes
Material Plaster, Material Pigment, Process Cast, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 130 mm, Width: max 84 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1907.68.17 Other numbers: 24
Research and responses

Encyclopaedia Britannica states that the Solutrean industry dates from 19000-15000 BC [ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Solutrean-industry accessed 13/10/2016] [SM (Verve) 13/10/2016]

Search terms: Tool, Reproduction, Figure, Animal Figure

Further items to explore