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Tragic mask
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Lemnos, Myrina
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7911
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionTragic mask. Flesh, light red; beard and onkos dark red. Mouth open and cut out. Nose is broken off, and there is a crack in the right side of the face.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens from a Theban dealer.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901