Comparanda: Houston ID 4955. For shell, Andrén 1940, no. III:9 with female head
Remarks: Shell antefix with head of black man with nappy hair on top of head and at sides. Shell decorated with flat serpentine band. Deeply curving shell. No base. All proveniences are unsubstantiated in Louvre, except for recent attributions to Tuscania.
Bibliography: Andrén 1940, p. 51, no. III:10; Briguet 1977, cat. no. 35 & 36 2 examples; Briguet 1988, p. 79, fig. 80; Villard n.d., pp. 20-23, no. 35
Publication record: Architectural terracottas from Etrusco-Italic Temples. Author: Andrén, A.. Place of publication: Lund/Leipzig. Publication Date: 1939-1940 Aspects de l'art des Etrusques dans les collection du Louvre. Author: Villard, F.. Place of publication: Paris. Publication Date: n.d. Aspects de l'art des Etrusques dans les collections du Louvre. Author: Briguet, M.-F.. Place of publication: Paris. Publication Date: 1977 Le sarcophage des époux de Cerveteri du Musée du Louvre. Author: Briguet, M.-F.. Place of publication: Paris. Publication Date: 1988
Associated elements: S2627F from same mould
Type of decoration: Head of black man
Last Recorded Collection: Musée du Louvre
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 25R
Width: 28.5
MPD: 15.5
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Black alternating interiors of shell band, outlining volutes, skin. Red 10R 3/6 alternating interiors, diagonal bands on roll, ground around head and hair at sides around ears, central stripe on volutes, volute eyes, band on chiton and dots below.
