Figurine

Museum number:
8-2736
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IIE10b (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; upper portion of standing male figure Herakles; missing below the hips; wears lion skin, jaws framing face, paws tied on chest, drapery on L shoulder, tucked in L arm which is bent at elbow and pulled back, hand on hip; thick casting, center hollow, upper portion of oval vent preserved.
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 and Lazzari
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2736, described as Terracotta; upper portion of standing male figure Herakles; missing below the hips; wears lion skin, jaws framing face, paws tied on chest, drapery on L shoulder, tucked in L arm which is bent at elbow and pulled back, hand on hip; thick casting, center hollow, upper portion of oval vent preserved.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2736, described as Terracotta; upper portion of standing male figure Herakles; missing below the hips; wears lion skin, jaws framing face, paws tied on chest, drapery on L shoulder, tucked in L arm which is bent at elbow and pulled back, hand on hip; thick casting, center hollow, upper portion of oval vent preserved.

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