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Granary with sculpted shaman head

late 3rd millennium B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBuff earthenware painted in black over slip; Machang type
DimensionsOverall: 39.5cm (15 9/16in.)
Other (diameter of mouth): 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Other (diameter of base): 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineE. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Grant and Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number1988.29
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ClassificationsCeramics
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Provenance1988, Donald J. Wineman, New York, sold by Donald J. Wineman to the MFA.(Accession Date: February 24, 1988)


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