Situla Handle (Primary Title)
Pair of Situla Handles (Former Title)

Unknown (Artist)

4th century BC
Etruscan
copper alloy
Overall: 3 × 2 × 2 1/8 in. (7.62 × 5.08 × 5.4 cm)
80.20.2

These attachments have the form of theater masks with open mouths, which served as pouring spouts on a bucket-shaped container called a situla. Theatrical performances were popular throughout the ancient world, although no Etruscan plays have survived.

Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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