Head of Demeter

Title: Head of Demeter
Inventory Number: A0152
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Cumae
From Date: -399
To Date: -200
Description: Head of woman in modios, on which discoid pellets, three at top edge, four on either side at bottom edge, between which small pellets with indentations, probably meant to represent pomegranates. Face of mature woman framed by mass of hair with eyes, nose and mouth clearly articulated; earrings of disc w pendent triangular element. Hollow with top of crown open.
State of Preservation: Broken off at base of neck; tip of nose chipped, and one pellet at top of crown missing; surfaces badly worn.
Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 7/8 (reddish yellow) with core 5YR 7/1 (light gray).
Notes: Slide Coll
Type: terracotta
Material: fired clay