Barber Figurine in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Barber cutting a man's hair
Greek, Archaic Period, about early 5th century B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Tanagra, Boiotia, Greece

Dimensions: Height: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Terracotta

Classification: Sculpture

Accession Number: 01.7784

Two bearded men wearing chitons. One, a barber, cuts the hair of the seated man. The flesh of both men is dark red. The chitons appear to have been white and the stool, yellow. The base of the group was once white with red paint along the edge.

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