Figurine

Museum number:
8-2841
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA23e (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; 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
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2841, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2841, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2841, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2841, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2841, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; press-molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2841, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back; probably no necklace; originally four attached hair ornaments, two now lost; yellow clay with large vitreous fragments; tip of nose lost, chipped flange and margin at rear; press-molded.

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