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Head of a Woman
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About this work
Probably created for use as a votive dedication, or an offering to a deity, this mold-made female head tops a broad neck spreading into a flat base; no bust or body was intended. The wavy hair, parted in the center, drapes before the ears and beneath a simple headband, framing the face and emphasizing the frontal view. Although three-dimensional, the head is unworked on its back half.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHead of a Woman, 500–475 BCE. Etruscan. Terracotta; overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1921.414
