Marble Head From A Statuette Of Hercules (Herakles)
name: label: Donor Name
content: Capt. Clarence Wiener
notes: label: Notes
content: Marble head from a statuette of Herakles. Body was found complete, but was destroyed in a train accident leaving only the head intact. Letter from Capt. Wiener, 10 Oct 1917. "Found intact in 'Pelapanesus,' near Helos, Sparta, Gulf of Laconicus. My man smashed the thing in a railing accident in Belgrade, 1896. Only the head remains. The complete statue was about 1 ½' - 2' in height. Value: £100." Corrected in letter from 21 Oct, 1919, which states "picked up in 1894 at Olympia" not "dug up" in 1895 at Helos, Sparta.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Olympia, Elis, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Greek
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 061843
label: USNM Number
content: A300941-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3.17 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6.99 cm