Female figurine head fragment

Museum number:
8-6824
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA15-2 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; fragment of woman’s face without hair but including neck; nose chipped at tip; portion of earring, round with long tubular pendant preserved on left. 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
Collection date:
1885?
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines, Fragments (object portions), and Women (female humans)
Production date:
400-300 BC
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine head fragment, accession number 8-6824, described as Terracotta; fragment of woman’s face without hair but including neck; nose chipped at tip; portion of earring, round with long tubular pendant preserved on left. Press-molded.

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