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Source Description
This head of a youth wears a band around his hair, and the back of his head is flattened off. There is drilling in the hair and red in the cracks.The piece is cut at the base of the neck as for insertion; there is a hole for mounting drilled at the bottom.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5853
label
Head of a Youth
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
5853
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Youth
description
This head of a youth wears a band around his hair, and the back of his head is flattened off. There is drilling in the hair and red in the cracks.The piece is cut at the base of the neck as for insertion; there is a hole for mounting drilled at the bottom.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE-4th century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statues
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Source extras
med
crystalline, coarse, translucent white marble with red color
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a8a28e81a9b2c728