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1884.68.110

Metal animal head

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1884.68.110

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Collection type
Object
Description
Metal animal head
Geographical reference
Europe
Europe
Unknown
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Roman, uncertain
Date collected
By 1879 July 2
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal
Dimensions
Length: max 50 mm, Height: max 25 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.68.110 PR no.: ? 150/ 9680
Research and responses

This object possibly matches an object in the catalogue of a Sotheby sale on 1-2 July 1879, from the collection of Baron Heath, at which Pitt-Rivers bought other material: "Lot 12 Fine antique bronze Horse's Head, fully caparisoned; a small bronze Head, terra cotta Satyr's Head in 8 hood, and 8 bronze Male Head, found at Paestum, on marble pedestal" (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge 1879: 8). [Dan Hicks 22/07/2013]

Associated publications
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge 1879. Catalogue of Antiquities and Works of Art including the collection of the Baron Heath...and the Musuem of Romano-British pottery and Roman personal ornaments formed by the late Mr James Medhurst of Worthing and Weymouth; comprising vessels in terra-cotta, bronze figures &c., cinerary urns, early Roman implements, beads, Roman coins...(1-2 July 1879). London: Dryden Press (Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge). I have placed a copy of this catalogue on file in the RDF for 1884.2.1 [Dan Hicks 19/07/2013]

Search terms: Figure, Ornament, Animal Figure