Bird figurine

Museum number:
8-2366
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Alternate number:
IIIA6 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Object count:
1
Description:
Terracotta; bird on a simple round pedestal; reddish brown paint; wide stripe down middle of back with narrow horizonatal stripes around body to show wings and around neck; also stripes on pedestal; pedestal chipped all around, beak lost, head broken where neck joins body and re-glued; height; 133 cm.
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
Collection date:
1885
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Clay
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 8-2366, described as Terracotta; bird on a simple round pedestal; reddish brown paint; wide stripe down middle of back with narrow horizonatal stripes around body to show wings and around neck; also stripes on pedestal; pedestal chipped all around, beak lost, head broken where neck joins body and re-glued; height; 133 cm.

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