Female figurine head

Museum number:
8-6733
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Alternate number:
IA23-16 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back from face in defined waves; embossed nedklace preserved on her right which consists of double strand of round beads and below oval pendants; two vent holes in bake; buff terracotta; nose chipped; modeling flaws in right hair which form creases; neck on left lost.
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
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6733, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back from face in defined waves; embossed nedklace preserved on her right which consists of double strand of round beads and below oval pendants; two vent holes in bake; buff terracotta; nose chipped; modeling flaws in right hair which form creases; neck on left lost.

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