| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
Archaeological Survey of India, Thrissur Circle |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | GM-TCA-KL-1376797 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Human head |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Figurine - मूर्ति |
| Dynasty /वंश | N.A - उपलब्ध नहीं |
| Period / तारीख/युग | Megalithic - महापाषाणिक संस्कृति |
| Style / शैली | N.A. - उपलब्ध नहीं |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Manthakad, Malampuzha, Palakkad District, Kerala |
| Material / सामग्री | Terracotta - मृणमय |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | ASI Thrissur Circle Office |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Kerala |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | . |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | 5.54 |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | 10.63 |
| Weight(gm) / भार | 213.7 |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | A solid human head made of coarse to medium fabric clay. It is brick brown in colour. The figurine has well defined facial features such as long face with thick and sharp eyebrows reaching to the back side of the head, long and broad eyes, sharp and parrot beaked nose and thick lips which are of applique in nature with an incision in between to indicate open mouth. It has thick applique ear on right side, though the left is missing. Square shaped chin. The half broken neck is adorned with a plain band or torque which is also broken at the front side. The front part of the head is decorated with circular and semi-circular floral pattern. Rest of the head is plain |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | Nose is mended by adhesive. |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | Malampuzha Excavation - 1995 |
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