Mask: GR.67.1984

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Current Location: Gallery 21

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Mask

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Description

Mask of wavy-haired leading slave, New Comedy actor

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.10 m
Height: 0.2 m
Width: 0.225 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1984) by Chesterman, M. James D.

Dating

Hellenistic
-200 - -101

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Gladiators and Caesars - The Power of Spectacles in Ancient Rome

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.67.1984
Primary reference Number: 70416
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 23 October 2017

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Mask" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70416 Accessed: 2023-06-04 15:32:11

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            University of Cambridge}}

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