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Barber cutting a man's hair
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 500–475 BC
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7784
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionTwo bearded men wearing chitons. One, a barber, cuts the hair of the seated man. The flesh of both men is dark red. The chitons appear to have been white and the stool, yellow. The base of the group was once white with red paint along the edge.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901