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Water Bird-Shaped Haniwa
Unknown6th Century
Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Saitama prefecture , Japan
This is a large, water bird-shaped haniwa. Its two feet, each with three webbed toes, stand on the base of the haniwa. Its wings and tail feathers are depicted by small attached clay tablets. Both wings and the neck portion still contain hakudei (white clay), so this haniwa is thought to represent a swan.
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Details
- Title: Water Bird-Shaped Haniwa
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 6th Century
- Physical Dimensions: d82 cm
- Object Date(Japanese): 古墳時代 6世紀
- Excavation(Japanese): 埼玉県行田市埼玉 埼玉古墳群瓦塚古墳出土
- Type: Clay
- External Link: Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
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