Cast of a comic mask from Minturnae
Details
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Title
Cast of a comic mask from Minturnae
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Associated place
Italy (Found in 1931-1932 in vaults under Temple L, Minturnae, Italy, by the University of Pennsylvania Expedition.) (find spot of original) -
Date
2001 - 2007 -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
42 cm estimated (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Cenan Camoglou, 2007.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.H.96
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Catalogue text
Theatre mask of Dionysian figure with grotesque features. Pointed
ears and long beard arranged in five corkscrew locks.In: Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
Further reading
Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
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