Arabesque: male

Museum number:
8-2968
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Alternate number:
IIE30 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; male figure seated on rocky landscape; missing: head, L leg, R hand and foot; figure leans to his R against partially hollow background, R leg drawn up, R arm rests on thigh, L leg was probably stretched out; L arm out; concave area below Figure’s R, smoothed; hollow interior, heavily encrusted.
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:
Men (male humans) and Reliefs (sculptures)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arabesque: male, accession number 8-2968, described as Terracotta; male figure seated on rocky landscape; missing: head, L leg, R hand and foot; figure leans to his R against partially hollow background, R leg drawn up, R arm rests on thigh, L leg was probably stretched out; L arm out; concave area below Figure’s R, smoothed; hollow interior, heavily encrusted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arabesque: male, accession number 8-2968, described as Terracotta; male figure seated on rocky landscape; missing: head, L leg, R hand and foot; figure leans to his R against partially hollow background, R leg drawn up, R arm rests on thigh, L leg was probably stretched out; L arm out; concave area below Figure’s R, smoothed; hollow interior, heavily encrusted.

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