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Such elaborate jugs, often with a carefully modeled human head on the neck, are typical products of Chiusi. The use of human heads is reminiscent of the so-called canopic urns, another major product of Chiusi, used as containers for cremated remains.
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Title: Terracotta jug and lid
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 550 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Terracotta; bucchero pesante
Dimensions: H.: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
Object Number: 96.9.140a
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