Terracotta: upper portion of female head; forehead, right ear; lozenge and circle diadem; rosettes and leaves. Cream terracotta with fine particles. 16.3 cm x 21 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
attr. to Vignaccia temple (Maule & Smith, 1959)
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1885
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material) (press-molded)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines, Fragments (object portions), and Women (female humans)
Production date:
400-350 BC
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Context of use:
Votive offering to Artumes, 400-350 BC (Maule & Smith, 1959). Found with ca. 6000 figurines in pit.