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Feb 19, 2009
"Bear-Woman" Vessel
"Bear-Woman" Vessel
c. 1200–1000 BCE
Ceramic, earthenware, burnished
Overall: 24.1 x 14.7 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1967.35
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Description
The sexual features of this creature have been emphasized so as to guarantee fertility to the woman who drank from it.
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