Bronze Furniture Attachment in shape of Medusa Head

Title: Bronze Furniture Attachment in shape of Medusa Head
Inventory Number: A0091
Date Acquired: 1971
Source: George Allen, Hesperia Art
Provenance: ? Italy
From Date: -99
To Date: -1
Description: Oval plaque with face surrounded by mass of snail-shell curls with hair strands articulated; at part in center bipartite wings with feathers articulated in outer portion rise diagonally to the sides. Eyes and mouth clearly articulated with raised contours for lids and lips; circular depressions in pupils of eyes; between lips incised line marking juncture of teeth, which are separately articulated, with triangular tongue projecting over center of lower lip. Forehead slightly depressed, cheeks round and projecting, and area around mouth recessed with projecting chin with central cleft.
State of Preservation: Intact as attachment
Height: 7.31 cm
Max Diameter: 9.4 cm
Width: 7.17 cm
Color: Ca 5GY 4/1 (dark greenish gray).
Notes: Slide Coll
Type: ornament
Material: bronze