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Ceramics
Protome
Greek artist, (active )
Greek artist
Greece
Primary
13 3/16 x 11 9/16 x 3 3/8 in. (33.5 x 29.3 x 8.6 cm)
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with base
overall
Terracotta
Terracotta
Greek; probably made in Boeotia
ca. 450 BCE-425 BCE
450 BCE
425 BCE
Ceramics
Female protomes, or half-length figures, possibly represented Persephone or Demeter. Both of these goddesses were associated with death and the afterlife. This figure would probably have been placed in a sanctuary as a votive offering.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
1988.5
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/13/2001
negative
2 x 2
00/00/00
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88.5DI#1
digital image
Front
11/6/2007
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