Antefix

Museum number:
8-9933
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4727
Description:
fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.
Donor:
Norman Neuerburg and Ouden Trust
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe, Italy or Greece
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Norman Neuerburg
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Person depicted:
Medusa (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Antefixes
Accession date:
January 31, 2002
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Antefix, accession number 8-9933, described as fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Antefix, accession number 8-9933, described as fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Antefix, accession number 8-9933, described as fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Antefix, accession number 8-9933, described as fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Antefix, accession number 8-9933, described as fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Antefix, accession number 8-9933, described as fragment of an antefix. Originally disk shaped with Medusa (gorgon) face. Tightly curled hair surrounds forehead and temples, small ears, wide, grinning mouth with 4 fangs and protruding tongue; face surrounded by ring of snakes portrayed in "s" shapes.

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