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
