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This small head depicts a bearded male. His hair forms a widow’s peak and is rendered in thick locks. The facial features are very strong, with high-arched eyebrows, a bulbous nose, and a frowning mouth. The back of the head is flat and featureless.
2 cm (13/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Beige terracotta
5th century BCEGreekPainted cardboard and wood
20th centuryUruguayanTerracotta
Bronze
20th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
5th century BCEGreekPlaster
19th centuryItalianWood with traces of polychromy
12th centuryJapaneseGreek marble, from Thasos or northwest Asia Minor
4th-5th century CERomanPlaster
20th centuryAmericanPlaster
19th centuryItalian