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Fragment of a Phrygian Goose-Headed Pottery
Geese were likely never kept for companionship alone, as they produced eggs and meat.
Pictured: Reddish painted head of a goose (or duck), part of a larger whole that was broken. Samsun, Black Sea Region, in modern-day Turkey. 5th-4th century BCE.
The British Museum, London.