The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Mold for a Male Head
1–300 CE
Overall: 9.9 x 6.4 x 4.8 cm (3 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John Huntington 1920.172
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Because this is a mold, its facial features would be reversed in the final product.Description
Now cracked and fragmentary, this terracotta mold would have been used to produce a male head, also of terracotta. Modern impressions, whether made physically (with clay or other material) or digitally, can approximate the appearance of ancient objects made with this mold, albeit without added pigment. Separate molds may have been used to create a back for the head, and perhaps a body as well.- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 7 (1920): 109-10. Mentioned: p. 109 www.jstor.org
- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
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