Female figurine head

Museum number:
8-6716
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Alternate number:
IA17a-3 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem of three-and-a-half tiers of alternating leaf and rosette; grape cluster earrings on her ears; broken in two through left side, head rejoined; back lost, neck lost; original margin preserved only on her left opposite earring; whitish terracotta.
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 8-6716, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves from face; diadem of three-and-a-half tiers of alternating leaf and rosette; grape cluster earrings on her ears; broken in two through left side, head rejoined; back lost, neck lost; original margin preserved only on her left opposite earring; whitish terracotta.

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