Mask of Demeter
- Description
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This mask or fragment from a figurine shows the Greek goddess Demeter. It was collected by Lieutenant Colonel Montague whose collection of over 800 classical archaeological objects is an important resource in the museum collections.
The item was a votive offering, used as a gift to the goddess in return for answering a prayer made by the giver and was made of light red terra-cotta. - Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/484
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- mask of Demeter
- Simple Name
- figurine
- Full Name
- figurine in the form of a mask of Demeter
- Dimensions
- whole W 85 mm; whole height 100 mm; whole depth 63 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Archaic - 1100-500 BC
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; terracotta
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Site Name
- Rhodes?
- Collection Country
- Greece
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
