Statuette
Object Number:
MS2770
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Faliscan
Etruscan
Provenience:
Italy
Etruria
Narce
Locus:
Tomb 1
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Bronze
Iconography:
Female
Description:
Bronze; arms broken; inserted between feet and causing spread of legs is a large bronze rivet for attachment. A hole for a second rivet bored from front to back at level of srms. Breasts small, sexual parts over large. Face triangular; chin raised. Figure apparently used to connect a tripos and a bowl after the manner of figures on a tripos from the Bernardini Tomb.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000)
Bibliography:
[Book] Dohan, Edith H. 1942. Italic Tomb-Groups in the University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 57
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