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Bovine figurine
Object Number 40-77-40/9896
Display Title Bovine figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Bovine figurine with cylindrical body, exagerrated long, thin neck, bulbous eyes, and enormous horns.
Inventory Description Metal, personal, figurine, animal, four legged, curved horns
Classification
  • Personal
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Austria / Oberosterreich / <County> / <City> / Hallstatt
Intrasite Grave 12
Materials Metal, Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 5 x 14.2 cm (4 11/16 x 1 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/9896, 149-12
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1940
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1907)
Intermediary Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg (1933 or earlier - 1940)

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