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Learn moreFigurine of a Warrior
Location
Era
7th-1st c. B.C.E.
Culture
Etruscan
Title
Figurine of a Warrior
Date
Late 5th c. B.C.E.
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
12 x 5 x 5.5 cm
Credits
Gift of F. Cleveland Morgan, inv. 1960.Dm.1
Collection
Archeology and World Cultures
This bronze figure representing a warrior or a god of war is most likely Etruscan. The figure is missing a spear that would have been held in the right hand, and the breastplate decoration is reminiscent of armour typically made of bronze in the fifth century. The figure, probably a votive object to be offered as a gift in a temple or sanctuary, retains the very particular stylistic qualities of Etruscan bronze artistic production, even though commerce would have brought goods and craftspeople from Greece and further afield into Etruria.
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