Mask

48-2-259

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-259
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 1st century -2nd century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Amor
Description

Applique: Amor. Object was cleaned in 1966. back of mask is partially hollow and has a modern hole. Details of a child's face, hair, and fillet are grooved; punched dots indicate the pupils of the eyes and the dimple in the chin. Hair hangs on either side to chin level with a topknot secured by a fillet.

Height 2.6 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Depth 1.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 310 - Collector Number | L-2-211 - Old Loan Number

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