Terracotta; standing woman; wears chiton and thigh length mantle which forms a cowl neckline; left hand on hip, right arm bent grasps mantle at waist; clay forms a flat “halo” behind head; hair pulled back in waves; fairly tall rectangular base; back broken below vent, repaired in diagonal crack at hip; large chip from drapery at left knee; Height: 24.3 cm.
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
Collection date:
1885
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)