APC Image: AK 1025A terracotta head of a woman. The eyes are better rendered than in earlier figurines, the mouth quite straight with a short upper lip, and the chin prominent and full. The hair is divided in the center and contained in a kirchief. The whole head was originally painted a bright pink. The under side of the neck seems to have been roughly finished; there are no certain traces of breakage; and one is tempted to believe that the head was never set on a figure at all, but was either left thus or perhaps was set on a small round base. First half of the fifth century B.C.
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Object Description:   A terracotta head of a woman. The eyes are better rendered than in earlier figurines, the mouth quite straight with a short upper lip, and the chin prominent and full. The hair is divided in the center and contained in a kirchief. The whole head was originally painted a bright pink. The under side of the neck seems to have been roughly finished; there are no certain traces of breakage; and one is tempted to believe that the head was never set on a figure at all, but was either left thus or perhaps was set on a small round base. First half of the fifth century B.C.
Negative Number:   AK 1025
Category:   Terracottas
Subcategory:   Head
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   18 X 13
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 208, fig. 12a.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2142
Image Height:   1554