Limestone statue of a man holding a mask in the form of a bull's head, 2nd half of 4th century B.C
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3334 x 4432 px | 28.2 x 37.5 cm | 11.1 x 14.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
18 June 2017Photographer:
ArtokoloroMore information:
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Limestone statue of a man holding a mask in the form of a bull's head, Classical, 2nd half of 4th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H. 67 in. (170.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, From the Late Bronze Age onward bull's heads played a role in certain religious rituals on Cyprus. Actual skulls with openings at the back to be worn as masks, terracotta bull's heads, and figures wearing bull's heads as masks have been found on the island, suggesting that some deity was worshiped in this manner