Mask
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric III 900 BCE-750 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
9.1 × 8.8 × 4.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr P. Chaldjian, 1996
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
Small concave mask of the upper part of a human face with prominent nose, eyebrows and ears and with two circular protruberances on the forehead (one above the other), hand-modelled and pierced at the eyes, at the top and below each ear, and the light buff clay painted red for the flesh with hair, eyebrows and moustache in black.
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