Head

Museum number:
8-7636
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IIIH4 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta; head (female ?) from a statuette, tilted to figure’s left; hair pulled away from forehead, no head ornament, but sides were cut; flat back; hole in neck for attachment to body; features very blurred and scrubbed; traces of red on left side of head; 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
Collection date:
1885
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head, accession number 8-7636, described as Terracotta; head (female ?) from a statuette, tilted to figure’s left; hair pulled away from forehead, no head ornament, but sides were cut; flat back; hole in neck for attachment to body; features very blurred and scrubbed; traces of red on left side of head; press-molded.

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