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Female Head of Maenad
Female Head of Maenad
Object number1987.31.1

Female Head of Maenad

Date3rd c BCE
Artist
CultureGreek
Mediumterracotta
DimensionsSight: 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 in. (5.72 x 10.8 x 5.08 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Francis Woolsey and Helen Silkman Bronson, class of 1924, Fund
On View
Not on view
Period3rd c BCE
Classification(s)
ProvenanceAriadne Galleries, Inc., New York; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (formerly Vassar College Art Gallery), Poughkeepsie, New York, 1987
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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