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Elaborate Headdress of Statuette

Elaborate Headdress of Statuette

Greek

Elaborate hair radiating outward in small, snake-like locks. Three loops hanging from braided wreath. Traces of red on hair, blue on wreath. Back unmodelled, made in two molds. (Upper row, 2nd from right, in photograph) Hard, reddish brown clay; powdery surface; remains of white slip and Egyptian blue.

Terracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Sculpture