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Sacrificing Woman
(Roman Empire )
This flat, schematic statuette depicts a woman making an offering. She would have held a phiale, a shallow dish for pouring libations, or a round bread in her now-missing proper right hand, and another object in her left. In common with similar figures, a peaked head covering, such as a headdress, crown, or possibly the edge of her mantle, is shown around her head.
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 14 (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Roman Empire
(Place of Origin)
Italy (Etruria) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1093