Sujet
Haniwa Figure of a Female, c. 500s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Haniwa Figure of a Female, c. 500s. Figures in a variety of dress including military and ceremonial garb start to appear on Japanese earthen mounded tombs called old mounds ( kofun ) from the AD 400s to 500s. This fragment depicts a woman with red triangles on her face and wearing jewelry. Archaeologists speculate that the facial markings had a ritual or symbolic function, perhaps indicating she is a female shaman. Many figures of this kind have been found in digs in the Kanto region of eastern Japan. We can only guess at the meaning of the clay cylinders called haniwa .
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F85_044
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,4Mo (4,2Mo) / 31,3cm x 39,6cm / 3691 x 4675 (300dpi)