Votive Hand & Arm

Item

Title
Votive Hand & Arm
Inventory Number
A0263
Date Acquired
1909
Source
Magoffin
Provenance
Italy
Description
Upraised left hand & forearm. Four contiguous, unarticulated straight fingers w thumb projecting diagonally to side, thick thumb pad & prominent interior wrist bone; back plain and unmodulated; flaring arm of plano-convex section flattened on sides. Fait traces of red paint over white slip.
State of Preservation
End of forearm chipped off w chipping continuing to near wrist on inner surface of arm; some dark incrustation on exterior.
Height
18.0 cm
Width
4.9 cm
Color
Clay body 5YR 7/8 (reddish yellow) to 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow); core 7.5YR N6 (gray-light gray); paint ca 10R 4/8 (red).
Notes
Slide Coll
Type
terracotta
Material
fired clay

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