Female figurine

Museum number:
8-2835
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA23-10 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Vignaccia temple
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lazzari
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine, accession number 8-2835, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; necklace of pendant tube shapes; light orange terracotta; top of flange lost; crack in bridge of nose, mouth, lips; cheeks abraded; press-molded.

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