Title: Head of a Clay Figure (Dogū)
Object type: Head
Culture: Japan
Period: Final Jōmon period (1200–900 BCE)
Medium: Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals