Head of a woman, prepared for insertion in a bust or statue

Sculpture
148. Fragmentary sculpture
Roman
Head of a woman, prepared for insertion in a bust or statue
Marble, 1st-2nd century CE
Purchase with the Marion E. Hurlbut (Class of 1889) Memorial Fund
Photograph Petegorsky/Gipe
MH 1926.2.C.OI

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