Figurine

Museum number:
8-2837
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080002837
Alternate number:
IA23-11 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Object count:
1
Description:
Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Vignaccia temple
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lazzari
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2837, described as Terracotta female head; hair parted in center and pulled back in waves; tilts head slightly to her right; necklace of pendant tube shapes; wide flange which flares back from face; yellow clay; top of flange broken; press-molded.

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