Broken figure head

Museum number:
5-1655a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21051655a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1302 and Acc.2104
Object count:
2
Description:
(a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff, Robert S. Newton, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
[purchased in Cairo]
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1960 and 1966
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 13 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 14 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 15 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 16 of 16 titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broken figure head, accession number 5-1655a,b, described as (a) Terracotta head depicting actor’s tragic mask; late Greco-Roman, ca. 200 B.C. - 100 A.D.; height 6 x 2 cm; (b) modern wood stand; height 3.2 cm.

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