Accession No

1927.1715 B


Description

Animal's head, evidently from a larger figure; similar technique


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Ukraine; Ivano-Frankovsk; Nezvis’ko [Niezwiska]


Period

Neolithic


Source

Hutchinson, Richard W. [excavator]; Preston, Jocelyn P. [excavator]; Kozłowski, Leon [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1927.1715 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found in the 4th trench, Plateau site. Joint excavation by Richard W. Hutchinson, Jocelyn Preston for the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Leon Kozłowski for the University of Lviv [Lwów] in 1926. See archive (LL1/7/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1926
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A: Figurine, pottery, with red slip representing an ox with long neck and short thick legs; horns and dewlap plainly indicated. Roughly but vigorously modelled.
B: Animal's head, evidently from a larger figure; similar technique
Event Date 1927
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Hutchinson, R.W. and Preston, J.P. (1930). ‘Excavations at Niezwiska, Poland’. Liverpool Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, vol. 17. pp. 19–26.
Event Date 1930
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:287837

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