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Bust of a Woman

Date

450–350 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (South Italian, Tarantine)

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

The head, which belonged to a bust or a statue, features an elongated oval face with asymmetrical eyes that have lowered, thick eyelids, a straight nose, and a small, slightly open mouth. Puffy locks emerge from beneath the sakkos, or cloth cap, which has a button on top and is marked by a raised edge above the forehead. The figure wears spherical earrings. The stylization of the locks of hair and the sharply lined eyelids are recurring elements in Tarentine coroplastic art.

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