Figurine

Votive

48-2-118

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-118
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Italic
Provenience Italy
Date Made 7th-6th c. BCE (?)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Animal | Bull?
Description

Votive Figurine (running quadruped). Bull. Green patina. All four legs are broken off, three are filed down. Primitive animal has long thin body and long tail extended stiffly behind. Left leg forward. Face is long; eyes are punched circles. Bull's ears protrude from either side of head and are joined by a continuous ridge along the top.

Height 2.75 cm
Length 7.2 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 277 - Collector Number | L-2-276 - Old Loan Number

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