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Limestone Human Head Statuette
-4100/-2500
National Museum of Archaeology, Malta
Valletta, Malta
Head of globigerina limestone having traces of red pigment and eyes that are very slightly oblique. It has a central conical pit three centimetres deep on the under surface of the head that shows that it was hollow.
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Details
- Title: Limestone Human Head Statuette
- Date Created: -4100/-2500
- Location: Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Physical Dimensions: Height 9.1cm, Maximum Width 8.6cm
- Medium: Globigerina Limestone
- Showcase room: National Museum of Archaeology, Neolithic, Showcase 16
- Photographed by: Stephen Psaila
- Period: Temple Period
- Inventory number: 20522
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