Male statue head with long hair wearing a headband
Datethird quarter of the 6th century BCE
Periodlate Archaic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 31, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1751
On View
Not on viewWidth (max, at base): 5 5/8 in. (14.25 cm)
Thickness (at base): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Thickness (at hair): 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Length mount pole: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Diameter mount pole: 1/4 in. (0.59 cm)
Height face, chin to top of hair: 7 15/16 in. (20.1 cm)
Width face, cheek to cheek: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
Width face, ear to ear: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Headband height, sides: 9/16 in. (1.41 cm)
Headband height, at front: 15/16 in. (2.39 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Stone: 2.5 Y 8/1 (pale yellow)
Paint: 10R 6/4 (pale red)
Inclusions
n/a
late 4th-1st century BCE
560-480 BC
late 6th–early 5th century BCE
second half of the 4th century BCE
early 5th century BCE
second half of the 5th century BCE
first half of the 6th century BCE
mid-6th century BCE
first half of the 6th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE