Figural vessels

Museum number:
8-3282
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Two joined horn-shaped vessels; curved and pointed cow’s horns with cylindrical bodies and flaring rims. Joined by two bridges ( one at rim and one slightly below). Incised linear decoration in horizontal patterns (zigzag or diagonal strokes within horizontal lines). Breakage and subsequent mending. Two holes on one side of upper bridge.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC) and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972) and S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figural vessels, accession number 8-3282, described as Two joined horn-shaped vessels; curved and pointed cow’s horns with cylindrical bodies and flaring rims. Joined by two bridges ( one at rim and one slightly below). Incised linear decoration in horizontal patterns (zigzag or diagonal strokes within horizontal lines). Breakage and subsequent mending. Two holes on one side of upper bridge.

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