Relief: head: female

Museum number:
8-2866
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA9-2 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.
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:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines, Reliefs (sculptures), and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Relief: head: female, accession number 8-2866, described as Terracotta female head; front slab without back; hair parted in center and pulled back at temples, falls in curls over ears; small bead necklace; diadem decorated with spiny rays; earrings of teardrop with tow pendant balls; yellow buff terracotta; nost tip abraded; large chip lost upper left. press-molded.

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