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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Italian
Title:Oval shell cameo with head of a woman (possibly Diana?)
Date Made:ca. 1840-1850
Type:Adornment
Materials:Shell
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome or Naples
Measurements:overall: 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.; 5.5563 x 4.445 x .9525 cm
Narrative Inscription:  None
Accession Number:  MH 1948.1.5.I(b).J
Credit Line:Gift of Henrietta Franchois Fitzmaurice (Class of 1896) in memory of Esther C. Fitzmaurice and Sarah A. Start (Class of 1852)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Vertical oval carved shell cameo (unset) with profile portrait of a woman. Her hair is pulled back into a bun with three hanging tendrils and she wears two leaf-frond ornaments, one of over the top of the head, one toward the front. She wears a simple crossover garment with mid-level neckline. Background is buff-colored, figure is mottled white and orange/brown colors from the natural shell.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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