Terracotta Head of Young Woman
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Collection Date
11-12-2025
Model Creation Date
03/27/2025
Time Period
525-475 BCE
Abstract
A painted, mold-made terracotta roof fixture (antefix) in the shape of a woman’s bust. Her oval face is brightened by the archaic smile, the slight upward curve of the mouth. She wears a head cloth under a decorated conical hat (tutulus) and a necklace with acorn-shaped pendants (bullae). The raised hem of her tunic (palla) is marked in molded relief. Adopted from Greco-Roman architecture, variously shaped antefixes were used on Etruscan temples to conceal the joints of the roof tiles at the eaves. Like the korē-figure, the identity of this head remains unclear, but may portray a maenad, a follower of the wine god Fufluns-Pacha (Dionysus or Bacchus).
Keywords
etruscan, archaeology, terracotta-sculpture
Extent
1 3D Model
Media Type
Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)
Format
Digital Only
Digitization Specifications
Method: Artec Studio Professional Equipment: Artec Space Spider
Device Name
Artec Space Spider
Processing Software
Artec Studio Professional
Download Size
50MB
Geometry
578.6k Triangles
Materials
1
Rigged Geometries
No
Scale Transformations
No
Textures
1
UV Layers
Yes
Vertex Colors
No
Vertices
287.7k
Recommended Citation
USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "Terracotta Head of Young Woman" (2025). Tampa Museum of Art Etruscan Collection. 17.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etruscan/17
