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Female Protome
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Intact. Granular orange-brown terracotta. Much of the front and back surface is covered with a think dark brown coating. The hair is arranged in horizontal strands with individually molded locks that curves down the sides of the head behind the ears and diverges into three separate locks or curls on either side of the breast. There is a raised ridge above hairdo that extends around the head from ear to ear. A concave band or Taenia rises above it. The backside is smooth but concave behind. There is a slight suggestion of breasts at lower margin between the interlocks of hair.
The projection of the Taenia-like diadem could suggest the figure represents Hera.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Ex collection Professor Mason HAmmond Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature Departments of the Classics and of History Harvard University
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the daughters of Florence and Mason Hammond
Title: Female Protome
Description:
Intact.
Granular orange-brown terracotta.
Much of the front and back surface is covered with a think dark brown coating.
The hair is arranged in horizontal strands with individually molded locks that curves down the sides of the head behind the ears and diverges into three separate locks or curls on either side of the breast.
There is a raised ridge above hairdo that extends around the head from ear to ear.
A concave band or Taenia rises above it.
The backside is smooth but concave behind.
There is a slight suggestion of breasts at lower margin between the interlocks of hair.
The projection of the Taenia-like diadem could suggest the figure represents Hera.
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