Dedalic Tambourine Player Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Traces of red pigment on face. Purchased from Miss Susetter Khayat, Ancient Arts Gallery, NY. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976".
label: Notes
content: From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Ceramic figure - paint on face, buff, represents woman with drum?, Cypriot."
label: Notes
content: "Dedalic-style. Mid-7th Cent. BC. Named after Daedalus, the legendary artist and craftsman who designed the labyrinth for King Minos. The style was undoubtedly influenced by Egyptian Art, and the typical Dedalic face is somewhat in a manner reminiscent of Egyptian women. The bodies of Dedalic figures were of solid clay, moulded in the front but flat on the back, and therefore known as plaques." (Chesterman, James. Classical Terracotta Figures. Ward Lock, London, 1974, pg. 31, fig. 16).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cyprus, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cypriot
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 260207
label: USNM Number
content: A440212-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19 cm