Mask

48-2-255

From: Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-255
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Turkey (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Barbarian
Description

Mask: Vessel or lamp attachment: Head of Barbarian. Specks of green patina on cap were removed in 1966. Hollowed human mask has almond shaped eyes, high cheek bones, a long drooping moustachem, and a beard. He wears a Phrygian cap.

Length 4.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 27 - Collector Number | L-2-51 - Old Loan Number

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