Etruscan Female Head from Cerveteri in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, October 2009

Female head

Italic, Etruscan, Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 400 B.C.

Dimensions: Height: 29.4 cm (11 9/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Terracotta

Classification: Sculpture

Accession Number: 88.358

Female head, worked fully in the round in pinkish-buff terracotta with remnants of white slip over the surface. Her wavy hair is parted in the center and adorned by an elaborate headband (diadem) of rosettes and points. Behind the diadem, the hair is indicated by uneven parallel strands. Heavy shield-shaped earrings lie flat on the ears. She wears a corded necklace with a tooth-shaped pendant on each side. Plaster (modern) has been added to the back of the neck for balance. From Cerveteri.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/female-head-182777