Terracotta Head

Harvard Art Museums

Terracotta Head

Medium
Terracotta
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Institution
Harvard Art Museums

The head is hollowed out in the back. The figure wears some sort of a head cover that covers all but a section of hair closest to the face. The hair borders the forehead in a scalloped pattern. In one eye a painted black pupil can be seen. The lips are slightly open with an archaic smile.

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