Demeter with Calthus Figurine Head
CypriotHellenistic Period, 323-31 BCE
Red terracotta
Overall: 1 5/8 × 1 in. (4.2 × 2.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.1.235
Geography/Culture
Asia, West Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Figure
Classification
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.
Old Number
RED #: 12.235
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