Head of Female Figure

Item

Title
Head of Female Figure
Inventory Number
A0086
From Date
-199
To Date
-100
Description
Head and neck of female with wig-like hair parted in middle and pulled back into a bun, hair strands marked by broad sawtooth impressions. Flat oval face projecting forward with plastic eyes with pupils incised, prominent nose with nostrils indicated, and with horizontal mouth slit on raised surface indicating lips, upper lip with slight horizontal depression at center. Thick neck spreading toward break, possibly not attached to a body but some kind of base. Flesh painted reddish, hair showing traces of white paint which is better preserved on forehead in front of hair mass.
State of Preservation
Possibly all preserved except for chipped surface of underside of neck.
Height
10.5 cm
Base Diameter
5.31 cm
Width
7.9 cm
Color
Clay body 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown); face and neck slip ca 5R 6/6 (light red); hair under slip 10YR 6/4 (light yellowish brown); slip on hair ca 2.5Y 8/2 (white).
Type
terracotta
Material
fired clay

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