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The male figure holds a snake in each hand, while three additional snakes are placed on his head; their heads are aligned above the fillet around his brow, and the rest of their bodies hand down his back. Snake-charmers are quite well attested on Cyprus; one family even specialized in treating victims of snakebite.
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Title: Limestone snake-charmer
Period: Cypro-Archaic
Date: 1st half of the 6th century BCE
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 16 1/4 × 6 × 3 3/4 in., 6 lb. (41.3 × 15.2 × 9.5 cm, 2.7 kg)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2529
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