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Source Description
The sexual features of this creature have been emphasized so as to guarantee fertility to the woman who drank from it.
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Document identity
localId
143461
label
"Bear-Woman" Vessel
core
obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
143461
contentType
object
title
"Bear-Woman" Vessel
description
The sexual features of this creature have been emphasized so as to guarantee fertility to the woman who drank from it.
date
c. 1200–1000 BCE
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60762285
genreSpecific
Ceramic
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 24.1 x 14.7 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
cul
Iran, Marlik
accession
1967.35
Source extras
tec
ceramic, earthenware, burnished
tombstone
"Bear-Woman" Vessel, c. 1200–1000 BCE. Iran, Marlik. Ceramic, earthenware, burnished; overall: 24.1 x 14.7 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund, 1967.35
collection
Near Eastern Art
citations
citation
“Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302–346.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 302; Mentioned: p. 346, no. 247
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 11
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 3
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 1, fig. 1
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 5
creditline
James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:22:16.034000
sourceId
143461
dept
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
coll
Near Eastern Art
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ceramic, earthenware, burnished
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image_url
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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