Demeter with Calthus Figurine Head
possibly Cypriot
Cyprus
Hellenistic Period, 323-31 BCE
Buff terracotta with slip and red paint
Overall: 3 11/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (9.4 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.1.308
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Luigi Palma de Cesnola, American Consul to Cyprus, 1865-1876; given to Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), Hanover, New Hampshire, about 1872; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
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