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Head of a Woman

500–475 BCE
terracotta
Overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.414
Location: 102D Pre-Roman
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This sculpture is an example of ancient mass production, as many identical heads could be made from one mold.

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Probably created for use as a votive dedication, or an offering to a deity, this mold-made female head tops a broad neck spreading into a flat base; no bust or body was intended. The wavy hair, parted in the center, drapes before the ears and beneath a simple headband, framing the face and emphasizing the frontal view. Although three-dimensional, the head is unworked on its back half.
Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

500–475 BCE

Etruscan

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