Bird Rattle (3D)
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Bird Rattle (3D)
Accession number:
AN1925.151
Collection:
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford
Made around 2900-2350 BC, this hollow, clay bird was found in the area of Kish (Iraq) called Tell Ingharra. The bird stands on a pedestal base, where the feet would be, and there is a rattle inside it.