Veii / Votive Figure / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1763
Object Name: Votive Figure
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Votive figurines
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Length: 13.3
Width: 18.3
Height: 24.7
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Female; bangs with waves behind and three curly strands over each ear; ears not visible; reddish clay with traces of burning; eyebrows, nose, mouth and chin all plastically treated; ridge outlines eyes, eyeballs delineated; veil frames face and forms a base of neck; flat in back with hole for hanging; mostly hollow. Features badly cracked; deep gash at bridge of nose; under left eye to hair and down cheek; crack down cheek (right); one along Left side of mouth; chin chipped; edges chipped
Subjects: Female face and neck
Verbatim Date: late 3rd-early 2nd C BC
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Veii
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Capua Preromana, Terrecotte Votive I
Publication Author: Jovino, Maria B
Publication Year: 0000
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2186 x 1704
File Size: 122 KB
Record: 0000.00.1763
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1763/0000_00_1763p02.tif

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