2002.60.8: Small Head with Wrinkled Face
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.60.8
- Title
- Small Head with Wrinkled Face
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 7th-6th century BCE
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148227
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, mold-made
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 5 x 3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.60.8
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Grinning mask like face with open mouth and exposed teeth. Face is marked overall with concentric grooves representing wrinkles, protruding ears. Dark grey clay in interior; brownish gray surface. Resembles grotesque mask from sanctuary of Artemis Orthia Sparta.
Verification Level
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