Statuette Fragment

CBS Register: head of a female statue in white marble, peculiar head-dress

Romano: "Frontal female head wearing a tall crown with vertical depressions to right and left of center and a raised arch in the front. The hair is parted slightly off-center and drawn to the sides in in thick tresses, with long strands falling on the neck on the right side. On the cheeks on both sides is a "kiss-curl" High forehead, deep-set eyes with thickened lids with shallow drilling at inner corners, finely shaped straight nose, small mouth with pursed lips. At back of neck is a protruding remnant of garment, hair or attachment surface. Small drill hole in the bottom of neck for modern mounting."