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Mask

Mask

Hellenistic

This small mold-made terracotta head represents the mask of an actor, possibly a slave, from Greek New Comedy. The eyebrows are raised, the nose is short and flat, and the mouth is open. The clay is red-orange, with remains of a white slip.

Terracotta

Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic

Sculpture