1992.256.151: Head from a Statuette
Sculpture
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.256.151
- Title
- Head from a Statuette
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, head
- Date
- c. 3000-2000 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Yortan (Anatolia)
- Period
- Bronze Age, Early
- Culture
- Anatolian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289034
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Handmade
- Dimensions
- 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.256.151
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Head broken from figure. Eyes are large and applied separately with horizontal indentations. Nose is broken and mouth is open and also applied separately. Headdress consists of fan shape behind and applied lump of clay in front.
Verification Level
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