Female figurine head

Museum number:
8-6713
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA17 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem consisting of four rows of alternating leaf and rosette pattern; grape cluster earrings; heavy bead necklace and traces of pendant on her right shoulder; broken all around margin and back of head broken out; cream terracotta.
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
Materials:
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 4 titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6713, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem consisting of four rows of alternating leaf and rosette pattern; grape cluster earrings; heavy bead necklace and traces of pendant on her right shoulder; broken all around margin and back of head broken out; cream terracotta.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6713, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem consisting of four rows of alternating leaf and rosette pattern; grape cluster earrings; heavy bead necklace and traces of pendant on her right shoulder; broken all around margin and back of head broken out; cream terracotta.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6713, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem consisting of four rows of alternating leaf and rosette pattern; grape cluster earrings; heavy bead necklace and traces of pendant on her right shoulder; broken all around margin and back of head broken out; cream terracotta.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6713, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem consisting of four rows of alternating leaf and rosette pattern; grape cluster earrings; heavy bead necklace and traces of pendant on her right shoulder; broken all around margin and back of head broken out; cream terracotta.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6713, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem consisting of four rows of alternating leaf and rosette pattern; grape cluster earrings; heavy bead necklace and traces of pendant on her right shoulder; broken all around margin and back of head broken out; cream terracotta.

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