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Human-Shaped Haniwa
Unknown6th Century
Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Saitama prefecture , Japan
This is a human-shaped haniwa holding a shield. The figure wears a kōgaibō hat on its head, and there are still traces of an attached weapon, called a geki (a halberd), on its left side. Its eyes are longer lines that slant slightly down and to the right, and its nose has been lost.
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Details
- Title: Human-Shaped Haniwa
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 6th Century
- Physical Dimensions: d83 cm
- Object Date(Japanese): 古墳時代 6世紀
- Excavation(Japanese): 埼玉県行田市埼玉 埼玉古墳群将軍山古墳出土
- Type: Clay
- External Link: Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
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