Figurine

Museum number:
8-2824
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA3b (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center falls in stylized curls; bead diadem and grape cluster earrings separately attached; tan clay with vitreous fragments; crack in back, chip on left of lower margin; 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
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2824, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center falls in stylized curls; bead diadem and grape cluster earrings separately attached; tan clay with vitreous fragments; crack in back, chip on left of lower margin; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2824, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center falls in stylized curls; bead diadem and grape cluster earrings separately attached; tan clay with vitreous fragments; crack in back, chip on left of lower margin; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2824, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center falls in stylized curls; bead diadem and grape cluster earrings separately attached; tan clay with vitreous fragments; crack in back, chip on left of lower margin; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2824, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center falls in stylized curls; bead diadem and grape cluster earrings separately attached; tan clay with vitreous fragments; crack in back, chip on left of lower margin; press-molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2824, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center falls in stylized curls; bead diadem and grape cluster earrings separately attached; tan clay with vitreous fragments; crack in back, chip on left of lower margin; press-molded.

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