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"Bear-Woman" Vessel
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The sexual features of this creature have been emphasized so as to guarantee fertility to the woman who drank from it.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit line"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
