Model
Figurine
MS273
From: Italy | Etruria | Caere
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS273 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Caere |
| Date Made | 499-400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Shield | Female Head |
| Description | Female Head. Votive shield. Intact. Circular; narrow, flat edge; raised central part with large Gorgoneion in relief. Two holes for suspension above top of head of Gorgoneion. Hard medium brown clay. White surfacing over most of top surface. |
| Outside Diameter | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
| Other Number | 5613a - Old Museum Number |
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