Bucranium

Title	Bucranium
Date	ca. 1640–1550 B.C. 16th century BCE
Medium	Horn, bone, paint
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Rogers Fund, 1916
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Zoological illustration

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“Bucranium” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated ca. 1640–1550 B.C.. It is executed in horn, bone, paint. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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