Remarks: Fragment of life-sized, handmade head of child/youth, face colored red, hair in long, wavy locks painted brown. Tool marks clearly visible on face: striations of thin flat tool (W 0.2). Hollow (Th wall 1.9-2.2). Traces of holes, perhaps for metal cramps
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 367, No. 1, Pl. 113:399; Helbig4 III, pp. 740-741, No. 2841; Proietti 1980, p. 263, fig. 359; Sprenger & Bartoloni 1983, p. 148, Pl. 242
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rome, Bd. 1-4. 4., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. Hrsg. Von H. Speier. Author: Helbig, W.. Place of publication: Tübingen. Publication Date: 1963-1972 Il Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia. Author: Proietti, G.. Place of publication: Roma. Publication Date: 1980 The Etruscans: their history, art, and architecture. Author: Sprenger, M. & G. Bartoloni. Place of publication: New York. Publication Date: 1983
Associated elements: Seated Minerva: Andrén 1940, p. 368, No. 2
Type of decoration: Head of child/youth
Last Recorded Collection: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Mouldmade: no
Height: 24.2
Width: 17.9
MPD: 13.1
Clay: 10YR 7/6
Paint: Skin brown-red 2.5YR 4/6, painted over light brown slip, hair 5YR 4/3
Condition: Broken on all sides, missing most of left side of cheek & eye
