Elaborate Headdress of Statuette | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.161
Title: Elaborate Headdress of Statuette
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, statuette
Date: 400-300 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/215140

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
Technique: Mold-made
Dimensions: 5.9 x 7.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 13/16 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: 1920.44.161
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Elaborate hair radiating outward in small, snake-like locks. Three loops hanging from braided wreath. Traces of red on hair, blue on wreath. Back unmodelled, made in two molds. (Upper row, 2nd from right, in photograph)
Hard, reddish brown clay; powdery surface; remains of white slip and Egyptian blue.

Verification Level

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