Plaster cast of diskos thrower

Museum number:
21-210
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1855 (original number), 8-5210 (previous museum number (recataloged from)), and 927 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.153 and Acc.193
Description:
Cast of a disk cup thrower. The bent and perforated hands held a diskos. The head is turned to the right, out from the cauldron rim on which the little figure was originally perched. From a small bronze found at Olympia. Olympia IV, Plate 27. Friederichs-Wolters 361.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Gipsformerei, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Berlin Cast Works
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904 and 1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of diskos thrower, accession number 21-210, described as Cast of a disk cup thrower. The bent and perforated hands held a diskos. The head is turned to the right, out from the cauldron rim on which the little figure was originally perched. From a small bronze found at Olympia. Olympia IV, Plate 27. Friederichs-Wolters 361.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of diskos thrower, accession number 21-210, described as Cast of a disk cup thrower. The bent and perforated hands held a diskos. The head is turned to the right, out from the cauldron rim on which the little figure was originally perched. From a small bronze found at Olympia. Olympia IV, Plate 27. Friederichs-Wolters 361.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of diskos thrower, accession number 21-210, described as Cast of a disk cup thrower. The bent and perforated hands held a diskos. The head is turned to the right, out from the cauldron rim on which the little figure was originally perched. From a small bronze found at Olympia. Olympia IV, Plate 27. Friederichs-Wolters 361.

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