Context (Related Documents)
Note found with objects 1966.279 to 1966.283 adds: 'Males and female figurines and models of birds & other objects. Given by the basket girls of the site supervisors on the excavation 1965. Made during rice harvest. Girls made female. Men [made] male'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in large black ink upon the reverse reads: '66.280'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1966.280.1-14: 'Female figurines of unbaked clay'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Made in 1965.
Event Date 1965
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1966.280.1-14: 'Female figurines of unbaked clay. All are roughly modelled and schematic, particularly the heads, which tend to be more pointed spikes. Ten have legs, while four have " fiddle-shaped" bodies and no legs'.
Event Date 15/5/1992
Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Production / use)
These figurines were roughly modelled out of clay and given to one of Dr Seton-Williams' site-supervisors on the excavation site by the basket girls. They were made at the height of the rice harvest, - the girls making the female figurines (1966.280) and the men the male ones.
Event Date 15/5/1992
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1966.280.1-14: 'Four are broken and glued back together. One with leg missing'.
Event Date 3/6/2003
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Female figurine of unfired grey clay with two conical breasts, two downward turned arms, and an oval-shaped lower body area. The body features rows of indented detail. This object has been reconstructed with adhesive. The head is missing.
Event Date 16/11/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt