Figurine
Votive
Object Number:
MS5752
Current Location:
Etruscan Italy Gallery
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Italy
Etruria
Caere
Date Made:
3rd century BC - 1st century BC
Early Date:
-299
Late Date:
0
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Terracotta
Iconography:
Female Head
Infant
Description:
Head of child. Missing: much of lower edge; about 3/4 of mantle; most of back. Forward part of head only represented. Frontal pose; slightly curly locks in low relief above forehead. Part of a simplified representation of a mantle preserved along side of head at our left. A small section of back, with plain surface, preserved. Soft buff clay with tiny grits; no traces of color.
Height:
14.8cm
Width:
12cm
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 45, 246
[Catalogue] White, Donald and Ann Blair Brownlee, Irene Bald Romano, Jean MacIntosh Turfa. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 32
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