Iron Age Celtic Stone Head on Stand

 Originates from: England

Era: 500 BCE 

Dimensions: 9“ H x 7” W x 5” D 

Beautiful and crude example of a Celtic stone head with face carved on one side of the four-sided stone. Two round, bulbous eyes with a broad and lentoid nose. The mouth is a downward slit, perhaps with a moustache above and a chin below. The cheeks are slightly hollowed, and the upper lip is depressed. This Celtic Iron Age head features a face with a fixed, haunting gaze. It could be a representation of one of several known Celtic proto-deities. Found in an area of a known Celtic village or farmstead in eastern England, among other examples lining a riverbed. Beautiful and crude.