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Human-Shaped Haniwa (Head)
Unknown5th Century
Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Saitama prefecture , Japan
This haniwa is thought to depict a male. He is wearing a crown rather than sporting a mizura hairstyle. His eyes are slanted slightly upwards, he has a long nose, and his mouth is a large, carved line. His face and neck are painted red, and his ears are represented by circles on the side of his head.
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Details
- Title: Human-Shaped Haniwa (Head)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 5th Century
- Physical Dimensions: d21 cm
- Object Date(Japanese): 古墳時代 5世紀
- Excavation(Japanese): 埼玉県行田市埼玉 埼玉古墳群稲荷山古墳出土
- Type: Clay
- External Link: Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
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