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Appliqué of a Gorgoneion
Creator
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- 525–500 B.C.
- Medium
- Gilded silver
- Culture
- Greek (South Italian)
- Department
- Jewelry
- Institution
- Getty Museum
The gorgoneion (Medusa) is of the grimacing Archaic "lion mask" type, with furrowed brow, broad nose, and tongue protruding between pointed fangs. She wears a small peaked stephane trimmed with rosettes.
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