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ID: 700006922
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006922
Record Type: Movable Work
Mask of a Satyr (mask (costume); Unknown (Sicilian artist); 3rd-2nd century BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AD.305)
Note: The head of an open-mouthed satyr with pointed ears and a scowling expression forms the mask. His head is wreathed with a garland of ivy leaves with two large berry clusters at its center. Original paint remains on the mask: red, white, blue and green.
Titles:
Mask of a Satyr (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
mask (costume) [300138758] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), <costume by function>)
relief (sculpture ) [300047230]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 3rd-2nd century BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown (Sicilian artist) [preferred,JPGM]
sculptor unknown Sicilian (Sicilian cultural designation) [500204248]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 96.AD.305
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
Other: Creation: Sicilia [7003122] Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Terracotta with polychromy
polychromy [300247962]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))
terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: Object: 12 x 15.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Cultures:
Sicilian (preferred)
Ancient Greek

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:
religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
satyr [300379732]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)
theater (discipline) [300054148]
.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), theater arts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Mask of a Satyr........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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