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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.42
Title
Female Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
323-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292550

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, remains of white slip
Dimensions
3.7 x 2.2 cm (1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.42
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Female head, slightly inclined to the right. Hair parted sharply down the center and drawn back in knot at back of neck. Back of hair broken off and repaired. Rounded features, earrings, broken off at neck. Mounted on a square, green stone base.
Soft, dark red clay; remains of white slip.

Verification Level

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