Antefix
MS2143
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2143 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 299-200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Female Head |
| Description | From shell antefix. Fragment includes small bit of shell, top part of veil, diadem, forehead hair and bit of forehead. The back is hollow with a bit of the top attachment of the buttress. Frontal head. Hair parted in the middle, waved back from forehead. Diadem with rosettes (?) in relief. Minor traces of white and red on hair and diadem. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Width | 16.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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