Title

Skull (Jericho Skull), Pre-pottery Neolithic B, 7300-6300 BC Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Skull (Jericho Skull), Pre-pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Portrait skull, the eye sockets, cheeks and base of the skull being made up with clay, on which no trace of a surface remains; the eyes are represented by cowrie shells; was originally plastered and painted. Dimension: width: 16.7 cmheight: 15.2 cmlength: 22 cm//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

7300 BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E80_243

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 14,5in x 16,8in / 4354 x 5030 (300dpi)

Keywords

close up face head prehistoric eyes body shell eye human skull color colour image bone studio shot cowrie shell neolithic cranium seashell close-up aquatic life white background eye socket the body object Unknown Kathleen homo sapien Kenyon Ashmolean Museum Jericho Skull Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Kathleen Kenyon Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon Kathleen Kenyon object