This techniques is the result of pressing moist clay into a hollow container that has been carved or otherwise indented with the shape or image that is desired to be  produced;. hand cut, incised and hand modelled additions may be made. 

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
18038B (none) 1932,1008.239 (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female with necklace and girdle : hands clasped below breasts. (A) Broken across thighs, otherwise complete. (B and C) Both complete as moulded but the mould was defective : it ends just above the knees and had been damaed at the hips (both impressions from the same mould: query authenticity?) (D) Identical type but from a small mould. Fragment from below breasts upwards.
18703 (none) 1933,1013.182 (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female, full face, with flat crown, large earrings (?), heavy necklace and a strongly marked triangle for pudenda: hands clasped below breast. Feet missing.
6692 (none) (none) B16254 Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Fragmentary, lost below knees. Common type. Hands clasped over breast in attitude of prayer. E. [drawing 1:1]
7687 (none) (none) B17210 Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. Hair represented by fine parallel raised bands and flowing down at side onto shoulders. [drawing 1:1]
7550 (none) 1928,1009.467 (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude god. Missing below knees. Bearded, wearing horned headdress and supporting against the breast in the right hand a short curved club and in the left a bird?? [drawing 1:1]
2914 (none) 1927,1003.161 (none) Terracotta figurine. One of pair with flounced dress: left hand raised, right hand holding cup. [drawing 1:1]
3040 (none) 1927,1003.160 (none) Terracotta figurine. Pinkish ware. Female in flounced dress with hands clasped : much encrusted by salt. [drawing 1:1]
17846 (none) 1935,0113.85 (none) Terracotta figurine. Red clay. Nude female figure standing and holding her hands clasped below the breast much rubbed.
6420 (none) 1927,0527.238 (none) Terracotta figurine. Red. Head missing. Hands clasped over breast in attitude of prayer. Figure stands on a pedestal square in front, rounded at back. Two incised lines on pedestal front and wedge shaped markings. Figure clothed in long flowing garment, which has a thick band in front at the weist and a V. shaped collar below neck. E. [drawing 1:1]
18021 32-40-14 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Relief of demon facing left and holding sticks (?) by head with grotesque features, very small body. Fragment, from waist upwards.
7076B (none) (none) B16267 Terracotta figurine. Seated goddess in Kaunakes skirt, and holding a vase from which water pours on either side, against the breast. Long flowing hair falling down breast and done up in a knot over either ear. High horned headdress on either side of head a crescent moon. Behind throne a peacock, tail of which shows behind right hand side of the goddess and head behind left hand side. E. [drawing 1:2]
2989 (none) 1927,1003.155 (none) Terracotta figurine. Seated goddess with flounced dress, holding two trees in hands and having two birds at her feet. Sketch slightly more than 1:2 [drawing]
16458A (none) 1931,1010.446 (none) Terracotta Figurine. Seated goddess: Type VI,5. (A) Complete; (B) Complete, worn.
3258 (none) 1927,1003.158 (none) Terracotta figurine. Small female figure of same type as U.3015, seated on chair. Legs broken off below knee. Sketch slightly small than 1:1 [drawing]
3259 (none) 1927,1003.154 (none) Terracotta figurine. Two figures, both female: the taller holds a cup in the left hand, and stick in the right (?)/ [drawing 1:1]
2988 (none) 1927,1003.173 (none) Terracotta figurine. Votaress with clasped hands: adorned with beads. [drawing 1:1]
18046C 32-40-26 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Woman, nude, standing full face, with tambourine : over the shoulders a spotted cloak. Coarse type. (A) Fragment from navel upwards. (B) Fragment from thighs upwards. Different mould and flatter relief: no cloak. (C) Fragment from thighs upwards: similar to (A). (D) Fragment from waist upwards: similar to (C). (E) Fragment from belly to knees. (F) Fragment: head only. (G) Fragment: from waist upwards and a smaller mould.
18046E 32-40-27 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Woman, nude, standing full face, with tambourine : over the shoulders a spotted cloak. Coarse type. (A) Fragment from navel upwards. (B) Fragment from thighs upwards. Different mould and flatter relief: no cloak. (C) Fragment from thighs upwards: similar to (A). (D) Fragment from waist upwards: similar to (C). (E) Fragment from belly to knees. (F) Fragment: head only. (G) Fragment: from waist upwards and a smaller mould.
16439C (none) 1931,1010.441 (none) Terracotta Figurine: nude female, Type III, c.a. (A) Complete, but the mould only taken to the knees, when the clay is rounded off. (B) Complete, the mould taken to the feet; (C) Complete down to the knees; (D) Complete, the mould taken to the ankles; (E) Complete, poor impression; (F) Fragment broken away at hips.
16450C (none) 1931,1010.418 (none) Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
12788 31-16-773 (none) (none) Terracotta figurines. Fragment. Moulded. Female figure, full face, from waist upwards; hands clasped below breasts, fillet round hair, torso nude.
16455B 31-43-445 (none) (none) Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
16445D (none) 1931,1010.403 (none) Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete.
16445K 31-43-406 (none) (none) Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete.
16445L (none) 1931,1010.440 (none) Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete.

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