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1946.8.113

Cast of a tile showing bird (?crane) holding a lizard by the tail.

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1946.8.113

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cast of a tile showing bird (?crane) holding a lizard by the tail.
Geographical reference
Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy
Lazio Provincia di Viterbo Tarquinia [Umbria Provincia di Perugia Perugia]
Cultural groups
Italian
Person
Maker Faffa Alessandro
Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman
Field collector Brenda Zara Seligman
PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
Date / Period
Date made: 1931
Date collected
By 1946
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Plaster, Process Cast, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 218 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.8.113
Research and responses

Tarquinas may be a misspelling of Tarquinia or Tarquinii, a Etruscan city in Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio. [MN 14/08/2009]

Search terms: Reproduction, Figure, Dwelling, Religion, Cast, Bird Figure, House-ornament, Religious Object

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