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Terracotta Vessel in the Form of a Boar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2022
Terracotta Vessel in the Form of a Boar
Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century BC
Accession # L.2016.36
On loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the collection of Hiram Carruthers Butler and Andrew Spindler-Roesle
This enigmatic vessel might be identified as a rattle, with the tail serving as the ring handle with which to shake the boar to make the sound. As such, it could be viewed as a child's toy, but its skillful and detailed working suggests instead that it may have been used in ceremonies associated with the cult of Demeter-Kore (at which it was the custom to sacrifice a pig.)
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century BC
Accession # L.2016.36
On loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the collection of Hiram Carruthers Butler and Andrew Spindler-Roesle
This enigmatic vessel might be identified as a rattle, with the tail serving as the ring handle with which to shake the boar to make the sound. As such, it could be viewed as a child's toy, but its skillful and detailed working suggests instead that it may have been used in ceremonies associated with the cult of Demeter-Kore (at which it was the custom to sacrifice a pig.)
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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