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The head belongs to a large terracotta statue, which may have been set up as a votive in a sanctuary. Other examples, now in Berlin and Paris, are attributed to the area near Paphos.
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Title: Terracotta head of a woman wearing a stephane
Period: Cypro-Classical II
Date: ca. 400–310 BCE
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Terracotta; mold-made
Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1459
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