"Limestone Female Head"

"Limestone Female Head"

Description:

Head of limestone female figure.


Head of woman, broken from a statuette. The head is little more than a mask, the back being concave. Heavy features with full cheeks, large nose and straight mouth. The hair is combed straight back and falls on the sides of the neck. Pendant earrings and a necklace, on which are traces of colour.


Dimensions: Height: 6.90 centimetres max


Object Type: figure

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

650 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Acropolis (Kamiros)

Accession Number:

1864,1007.2036