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It is difficult to determine whether the figure is a woman or a youth. The rendering of the hair in layered rows that broaden towards the bottom is characteristic of representations dating to the second half of the seventh century B.C.
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Title: Terracotta head
Period: Archaic
Date: 7th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Cretan
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander Boyd Hawes, in memory of his mother, Harriet Boyd Hawes, 1946
Accession Number: 46.111.6
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