Bust: seilenos

Museum number:
8-2726
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IIE25 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; head and part of the torso of a Selinus type of male figure; only the head and a little of the upper torso are preserved; face battered, details worn; large head, not neck, mustache pointed beard; inset eyes, traces of hand (?) in front of beard; thick casting, flat back, hollow; Height: 5.85 cm
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)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bust: seilenos, accession number 8-2726, described as Terracotta; head and part of the torso of a Selinus type of male figure; only the head and a little of the upper torso are preserved; face battered, details worn; large head, not neck, mustache pointed beard; inset eyes, traces of hand (?) in front of beard; thick casting, flat back, hollow; Height: 5.85 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust: seilenos, accession number 8-2726, described as Terracotta; head and part of the torso of a Selinus type of male figure; only the head and a little of the upper torso are preserved; face battered, details worn; large head, not neck, mustache pointed beard; inset eyes, traces of hand (?) in front of beard; thick casting, flat back, hollow; Height: 5.85 cm

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