Belt Plaque - Design of Tiger Attacking a Horse
date
300 BCE - 100 BCE
creation place
Asia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
medium & support
Cast copper alloy
measurements
2 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 3/16 in. (7.29 x 11.1 x 0.46 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation
accession number
2009.014.000
keywords
accessories, accident, animal, art, Asians, attacking, Chinese, civilization, clothes, clothing, costume, costume accessory, culture, device, earth, girdle, hoofed animal, horse, human being, insignia, land, mammal, materiality, Mongolians, nationality, nature, ornament, pack-animal, predatory animal, public, race (human), society, symbol, tiger, traffic, transporting, wild animal, world
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