Terracotta; standing Herakles, weight on right leg, left bent, right arm at side holding club resting on ground; wears lion skin around shoulders, paws tied at chest, rest hanging down right side, otherwise naked; head wrong; face with hair parted and pulled back, round hat with chanelled border, features damaged; three tier round base, hollow, vent.
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
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945) and S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976)