Mask

48-2-261

From: Turkey (Country) | Phrygia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-261
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Turkey (Country) | Phrygia
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Human Face
Description

Applique: human face. patina is dark green with a buff substance in the grooves. Details of the stylized human face are executed in deep gashes. Nose and eyes are triangular; the cheeks and chin are fat. Nose is damaged. Back of mask is hollow.

Height 2.8 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Depth 1.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 53 - Collector Number | L-2-171 - Old Loan Number

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