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Museum of: Bucharest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name of the artefact: Statuette with two heads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fragmentary anthropomorphic figurine made of burnt clay
representing double headed torso |
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WHERE IS IT AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS |
STATE |
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Department: |
Archaeology |
Preservation: |
Poor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory number: |
12100 |
Restauration: |
Restored | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name of the artefact: |
Statuette with two heads |
Completeness: |
Incomplete | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type: |
Human figurine |
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Material: |
Clay |
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Methof of manufacture: |
Shaping, firing |
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Decoration type: |
Incision |
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Distinctive mark: |
- |
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DIMENSIONS |
PERIOD OF USE |
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Length (mm): |
- |
Epoque: |
Neolithic |
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Heigth
(mm): |
78 |
Culture: |
Vinča |
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Diameter
(mm): |
- |
Period: |
Late Neolithic |
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Width (mm): |
75 |
Face: |
- |
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Thickness (mm): |
- |
Absolute chronology: |
5000 BC |
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Weight
(g): |
- |
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DISCOVERY |
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Date: |
1943 |
Country: |
Romania |
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District: |
Dolj |
Town hall affiliation: |
Rast |
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Village: |
Rast |
Discovery findspot: |
Gârla Ţifarului |
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Condition of discovery: |
Archaeological excavation |
Discovery type: |
Deposit |
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ANALYSES – DETERMINATIONS |
FILLED IN BY |
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Type: |
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Name: |
Radian Andreescu, Katia Moldoveanu |
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Laboratory: |
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Institution: |
Romanian National History Museum |
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No./Code: |
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Date: |
23/02/2005 |
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DEEPENINGS |
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Morphology of the object: |
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The statuette made of grey clay has two heads. Two
little prominences mark the breasts on the common body. The arms are
laterally and down orientated and they are perforated in the shoulders
zone. The heads, one of bigger size, are relatively flat on the back
side. The noses are well shaped, the eyes and the brows are figurate by
arched incisions, possibly filled in with white paste. The mouths are
figurate by little holes suggesting that the personages are shouting or
screaming. |
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Decoration: |
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The body is decorated with geometric incised lines,
filled in with white paste. Some red paint traces prove the fact that it
was painted with this colour and possibly with white colour as well. |
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Inscription: |
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Analogies: |
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Similar representations were discovered in Serbia, at
Vinča and Gomolava. |
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Interpretation: |
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This type of artefact is special in the context of the
Neolithic art. Representations of a pair of figurines, man and woman,
are very rare, being characteristic especially for Gumelniţa
civilization. The Vinča figurines have two heads modelled on the same
body and it is difficult to say if they can be interpreted as a feminine
and a masculine one. As Gumelniţa culture’s pairs, these artefacts were
interpreted as being a feminine goddess and its masculine acolyte. |
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Bibliography: |
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Author: Dumitrescu, Vl Title: Arta preistorică în
România Place: Bucureşti Year: 1974 2. Author: Dumitrescu, Vl Title: The
Neolithic settlement at Rast Periodical: BAR International Series
Volume: 72 Place: Oxford, UK Year: 1974 3. Author: Gimbutas, Marija
Title: The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe Place: London Year: 1974 |
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