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Actor's Mask

Actor's Mask

SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE

Actor's Mask

323-31 BCE

Description

Female head with large bulging eyes, open mouth, highly arched eyebrows and a long, think, pointed nose. Her hair is combed away from her face in a thick roll. Traces of red on hair and face. Hollow. (Far right in photograph) Pale brown clay, powdery surface; traces of white slip and red pigment.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta, traces of white slip

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.5 x 6.6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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