Female Head | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.42
Title: Female Head
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: statuette, sculpture
Date: 323-31 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292550

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta, remains of white slip
Dimensions: 3.7 x 2.2 cm (1 7/16 x 7/8 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: 1920.44.42
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Female head, slightly inclined to the right. Hair parted sharply down the center and drawn back in knot at back of neck. Back of hair broken off and repaired. Rounded features, earrings, broken off at neck. Mounted on a square, green stone base.
Soft, dark red clay; remains of white slip.

Verification Level

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