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Human-Shaped Haniwa
Unknown5th Century
Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Saitama prefecture , Japan
This haniwa is a male figure that points forward with his right hand as his left rests on his hip. He is wearing a kind of headdress that gets wider at the top. The hair on the back of his head flows straight down, whereas the hair on each side has been arranged in a hairstyle called sage-mizura.
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Details
- Title: Human-Shaped Haniwa
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 5th Century
- Physical Dimensions: d53 cm
- Object Date(Japanese): 古墳時代 5世紀
- Excavation(Japanese): 埼玉県行田市埼玉 埼玉古墳群梅塚古墳出土
- Type: Clay
- External Link: Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
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