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Human head figurine
UnknownEpipaleolithic period, 12,000 years ago
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
With the transition to a sedentary lifestyle, the human image became increasingly prominent. "Head" figurines were particularly important, expressing the notion that the head is the seat of the soul, the repository of the "life force."
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- Title: Human head figurine
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Epipaleolithic period, 12,000 years ago
- Location: Eynan
- Type: Figurine
- Rights: Israel Antiquities Authority, Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Medium: Limestone
- Exhibition: In The Beginning: Prehistory and the Origins of Myth, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Weisbord Exhibition Pavilion, 13/07/2005 - 08/04/2006
- Dimensions: L: 8 cm; W: 6.3 cm
- Curator: Hershman, Debby
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