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Small portable bronze containers in the shape of female heads were very popular items during the Etruscan Hellenistic period, especially at Todi, where several fine examples have been found. Most of the heads seem to be generic females, but some, like this one, may depict a deity, perhaps Turan (Latin: Venus) or Lasa, the nymph-like patroness of lovers.
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Title: Bronze balsamarium (cosmetics container)
Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic
Date: late 4th or early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Object Number: 11.91.3
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