Small Head with Wrinkled Face

Harvard Art Museums

Small Head with Wrinkled Face

Date
7th-6th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta, mold-made
Culture
Greek
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Institution
Harvard Art Museums

Grinning mask like face with open mouth and exposed teeth. Face is marked overall with concentric grooves representing wrinkles, protruding ears. Dark grey clay in interior; brownish gray surface. Resembles grotesque mask from sanctuary of Artemis Orthia Sparta.

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