Maenad antefix. (Updated over a year ago)

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ETRUSCAN Anonymous: This terracotta sculpture was a roof decoration- these were commonly utilized in Etruria to mask the end-tiles along the edges of a roof. The female head probably represented a maenad- a mythical devotee of Dionysos.

Tags: ancient , architectural sculpture , etruscan

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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