Bust: female

Museum number:
8-2865
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IA11a (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
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
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust: female, accession number 8-2865, described as Terracotta female head; bust including breasts; himation pulled up over high stephane with double row of rosettes; tunic V-necked with three fasteners over right shoulder; thick snail curls around face from central part; pellet necklace, may have had earrings whitish terracotta; flange broken in several spots, nose lost at tip; chin, left cheek and area around left ear damaged; press molded.

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