Figurine

Museum number:
8-2889
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Alternate number:
IA34 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head inclined to the right; hair pulled up from forehead into topknot curls; bead and long drop earrings; tan buff terracotta; broken at neck level in front and higher in back; traces of burning on left; press-molded; same mold as 8-2941.
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:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2889, described as Terracotta female head inclined to the right; hair pulled up from forehead into topknot curls; bead and long drop earrings; tan buff terracotta; broken at neck level in front and higher in back; traces of burning on left; press-molded; same mold as 8-2941.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2889, described as Terracotta female head inclined to the right; hair pulled up from forehead into topknot curls; bead and long drop earrings; tan buff terracotta; broken at neck level in front and higher in back; traces of burning on left; press-molded; same mold as 8-2941.

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