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Head of a Kore (Front)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The fragment represents the frontal head of a female, perhaps Kore, and was once attached to a statuette. The pink-white face is framed by snail curls above the ears and long, dark tresses below. Chips are missing from the veil that covers the back of the head.
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Details
- Title: Head of a Kore (Front)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 500 B.C.
- Location Created: Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
- Type: Female figure
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta and polychromy
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 76.AD.68
- Culture: Greek
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Arthur and Marjorie Silver
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Sculpture (Visual Works)
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