The diety shown on them all in the role of "master/mistress of animals" was of considerable eminence and power in the local pantheon
communicating the wearer’s piety
they served as powerful symbols of wealth
but it also comes with a distinguished exhibition history
Mounted height: 14 inches (35
An Etruscan Terracotta Antefix, ca. 6th century BCE Coins The diety shown on themIn the form of a half sized head of a man with black curls along the forehead and fine, pointed features. The delicately outlined almond shaped eyes with dark pupils, high arched brows, high cheekbones, pointed nose, the full lips set in an archaic smile. During the Archaic period, the workshops at Caere (modern Cerveteri) in southern Etruria produced a large number of architectural terracottas (friezes, covering plaques, acroteria, and antefixes)