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Haniwa of a Female Shrine Attendant, 6th century, Unknown Japanese, 22 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (56.83 x 24.77 x 21.59 cm), Earthenware, Japan, 6th century, This haniwa, or clay funerary figurine, represents a female figure. Her necklace of magatama (claw- or fang-shaped jewels of special protective power) tells us that she is a miko, or shrine attendant, a respected position in early Japanese society. Traces of red pigment on her cheeks indicate tattoos or ceremonial face paint. In her original state she most likely wore a wide, flat hairdo that extended over her forehead. Her right arm, although now broken, once held a cup, an indication that she was responsible for preparing medicinal or magical potions.

Haniwa of a Female Shrine Attendant, 6th century, Unknown Japanese, 22 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (56.83 x 24.77 x 21.59 cm), Earthenware, Japan, 6th century, This haniwa, or clay funerary figurine, represents a female figure. Her necklace of magatama (claw- or fang-shaped jewels of special protective power) tells us that she is a miko, or shrine attendant, a respected position in early Japanese society. Traces of red pigment on her cheeks indicate tattoos or ceremonial face paint. In her original state she most likely wore a wide, flat hairdo that extended over her forehead. Her right arm, although now broken, once held a cup, an indication that she was responsible for preparing medicinal or magical potions.
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Caption: Haniwa of a Female Shrine Attendant, 6th century, Unknown Japanese, 22 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (56.83 x 24.77 x 21.59 cm), Earthenware, Japan, 6th century, This haniwa, or clay funerary figurine, represents a female figure. Her necklace of magatama (claw- or fang-shaped jewels of special protective power) tells us that she is a miko, or shrine attendant, a respected position in early Japanese society. Traces of red pigment on her cheeks indicate tattoos or ceremonial face paint. In her original state she most likely wore a wide, flat hairdo that extended over her forehead. Her right arm, although now broken, once held a cup, an indication that she was responsible for preparing medicinal or magical potions.
Personalities: UNKNOWN JAPANESE
Credit: Album / quintlox
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Image size: 3763 × 5613 px | 60.4 MB
Print size: 31.9 × 47.5 cm | 1481.5 × 2209.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: (JAPAN) • 6TH CENTURY • ALTHOUGH NOW BROKEN • CEREMONIAL FACE PAINT • CHEEKS INDICATE TATTOOS • CLAW- • CLAY FUNERARY FIGURINE • CUP • EARLY JAPANESE SOCIETY • EARTHENWARE • EXTENDED • FANG-SHAPED JEWELS • FEMALE FIGURE • FEMALE SHRINE ATTENDANT • FLAT HAIRDO • FOREHEAD • HANIWA • HELD • INDICATION • JAPAN • JAPAN. • JAPANESE • MAGATAMA • MAGICAL POTIONS • MIKO • NECKLACE • ORIGINAL STATE • PREPARING MEDICINAL • RED PIGMENT • REPRESENTS • RESPECTED POSITION • RESPONSIBLE • RIGHT ARM • SHRINE ATTENDANT • SPECIAL PROTECTIVE POWER • TELLS US • TRACES • UNKNOWN JAPANESE • WIDE • WORE