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Sicilian Head of Demeter or Kore in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Sicilian Head of Demeter or Kore in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Title: Head of a Woman

Artist/Maker: Unknown

Culture: Greek (Sicilian)

Place: Sicily, Italy, Europe (Place created)

Date: 350–300 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta with white slip and polychromy (pink, red, dark pink, white, purple)

Object Number: 76.AD.34

Dimensions: 28.8 × 19.1 × 15.1 cm (11 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Max Gerchik

Alternate Titles: Head of a Goddess (Display Title)
Head of a Goddess (Display Title)

Object Type: Female figure

Frontal head of a female deity, perhaps Demeter or Kore, which may have been broken from a sculpture. Traces of white slip survive in many places. She wears a high polos with substantial remains of purple, pink and red polychromy. Her bushy, wavy hair is parted in the center. The ears are pierced for the addition of separately made earrings. The back of the head is unmodelled and undecorated and contains a large oval shaped vent hole.


Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7319/unknown-maker-head-of-a-woman-greek-sicilian-350-300-bc

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