Female bust

Museum number:
8-2713
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Alternate number:
IIA27d (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; upper portion of standing woman; enveloped in large himation which covers head across right cheek and chin; right arm up, hand visible at neck below drapery; left out, hand was on hip; head reattached, hollow, upper edge of round vent hole; Height: 10.2 cm. --check “standing” ?
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)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female bust, accession number 8-2713, described as Terracotta; upper portion of standing woman; enveloped in large himation which covers head across right cheek and chin; right arm up, hand visible at neck below drapery; left out, hand was on hip; head reattached, hollow, upper edge of round vent hole; Height: 10.2 cm. --check “standing” ?

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