Female figurine head

Museum number:
8-6703
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080006703
Alternate number:
IA3c-1 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta female head fragment; hair in straight bangs parted in center and then thick masses of ringlets fall down sides of head; smooth concave diadem (only tiny portion of lower border remains here); no earrings; wide, staring eyes with sharp ridges defining lids; long face; all of face, bangs and hair on right of head preserved; brownish buff terracotta.
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:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6703, described as Terracotta female head fragment; hair in straight bangs parted in center and then thick masses of ringlets fall down sides of head; smooth concave diadem (only tiny portion of lower border remains here); no earrings; wide, staring eyes with sharp ridges defining lids; long face; all of face, bangs and hair on right of head preserved; brownish buff terracotta.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figurine head, accession number 8-6703, described as Terracotta female head fragment; hair in straight bangs parted in center and then thick masses of ringlets fall down sides of head; smooth concave diadem (only tiny portion of lower border remains here); no earrings; wide, staring eyes with sharp ridges defining lids; long face; all of face, bangs and hair on right of head preserved; brownish buff terracotta.

Tools