Roman head of a black boy, furniture attachment

An image of Ornamental element/furniture element/attachment. Head of a Black Boy. Bronze, height 9.8 cm. Middle Roman, 101-200 AD.

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Ornamental element/furniture element/attachment. Head of a Black Boy. Bronze, height 9.8 cm. Middle Roman, 101-200 AD.

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Accession Number: GR.25.1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 758 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 516.55kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2053:01:12 22:36:55

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2nd Century AD antiquity boys bronze Fitz_ANT furniture furniture attachment furniture element heads male Middle Roman ornamental ornamented Roman

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