Terracotta female protome
Female head, neck and upper chest terminating in a "spoon" so named from the curved ending of the chest.
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Female head, neck and upper chest terminating in a "spoon" so named from the curved ending of the chest.
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Title: Terracotta female protome
Period: Archaic
Date: late 6th–early 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, probably Boeotian
Medium:
Terracotta
; Fabric: slightly coarse tan (7.5 YR 6/6), with small dark, white and sparkling inclusions.
Slip, paint: white slip.
Method of manufacture: moldmade, hollow.
Back, venting: backless; top is not pierced.
Dimensions: H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Object Number: 89.2.2130
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