Figurine head

Museum number:
8-7626
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Alternate number:
IC17 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; fragment of left shoulder from bust; some of original border preserved in back; wears finely pleated garment which falls over arm, thin band separates it from tunic surface of which worked over with point to create texture; press-molded. --check obj. name
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
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine head, accession number 8-7626, described as Terracotta; fragment of left shoulder from bust; some of original border preserved in back; wears finely pleated garment which falls over arm, thin band separates it from tunic surface of which worked over with point to create texture; press-molded. --check obj. name

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