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Male Head
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Head of a young male with a small mouth, long, straight nose and short, curly hair. Very slender proportions. Traces of red on hair and face. Hollow and extremely light. Clean cut at neck, broken into several pieces and repaired. Visible cracks behind right ear.
Fairly soft, reddish brown clay; traces of white slip; traces of red pigment.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Fogg Museum Classical Collection
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Male Head
Description:
Head of a young male with a small mouth, long, straight nose and short, curly hair.
Very slender proportions.
Traces of red on hair and face.
Hollow and extremely light.
Clean cut at neck, broken into several pieces and repaired.
Visible cracks behind right ear.
Fairly soft, reddish brown clay; traces of white slip; traces of red pigment.
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