Mask

48-2-264

From: Turkey (Country)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-264
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman (uncertain)
Provenience Turkey (Country)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver | Copper
Description

Object was cleaned in 1966, was make of a mixture of silver and copper, with a high silver content. Mask is intact except for a crack at the bottom. Hollow back has a small protrusion which was drilled in modern times in order to hold a nail. Face is highly modeled. It seems to be the face of a silen although it has leonine qualities.

Height 3.6 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Depth 1.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 219 - Collector Number | L-2-59 - Old Loan Number

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