Mšecké Žehrovice Head

It is one of the best known works of Celtic art from Iron Age Europe, and, along with the Glauberg "Prince" and the Warrior of Hirschlanden, one of the few large representations of the human figure.

The heavily stylized facial features are projected on an almost flat surface surrounded by braid-like shaped hair.

The visual imagery of the La Tène period was characterized by an ubiquitous appearance of an anthropomorphic head symbol typical of Central and Western Celtic Europe [6] These images were skillfully entwined in ornaments, handles, jewelry and reliefs fashioned mostly of metals.

The Celtic Hero was found during a course of 1943 excavation of an oppidum in Mšecké Žehrovice in central Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Other artifacts found in the pit include burned animal bones that date the feature to late La Tène period LT C2-D1 (approx.

The dating of the pit is further supported by the typology of the pottery sherds which also place the interment of the sculpture to approx.