Figurine

Museum number:
8-2760
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Alternate number:
IIH16 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head which was made separately and is now detached; long neck; wears veil pulled back from face, it billows up and frames face; strands of hair indicated by radiating channels; two leaves and knob under each ear, leaves broken; stub for insertion still visible; 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:
S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2760, described as Terracotta female head which was made separately and is now detached; long neck; wears veil pulled back from face, it billows up and frames face; strands of hair indicated by radiating channels; two leaves and knob under each ear, leaves broken; stub for insertion still visible; press-molded.

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