The Excavation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes 1932-1939

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H. 1.02m W. 1.62m Small mask panel. Outer and inner borders of dark red; white field between contains half-crosses in black with yellow centers and crosses in dark red with white centers. On black background, a border of solids shown in perspective in three color schemes: a) end white with gray-brown center; side dark red; top pinkish-yellow; b) end white with dark red center; side brown-gray; top light gray; c) end white with brown-gray center; side gray-yellow; top yellow. Three-dimensional perspective mask frames: light parts yellow with white highlight on top edges; shadows gray-yellow; background of masks is turquoise-blue glass. Mask on right: hair, violet with black shadows and white highlights; facial features, dark red, with accents in dark yellow-brown, light red, pink, yellow, dark red-violet and dark red glass; left eyebrow, black; right eyebrow, black, violet and gray; eyes outlined in black, gray and violet; eyes, white with black pupils; interior of right half of mouth, black edged with gray; right half, gray edged with dark gray; white highlights on nose and mouth. Mask on left: hair outlined on right in gray-yellow, shading to dark gray, violet, black, dark red, light gray, light yellow, black, yellow-brown and dark red; face and mouth outlined in violet and in yellow-brown; features in dark red; face and nose, orange-yellow with touches of pink on cheeks; white highlights on nose and right cheek; eyebrows and upper eyelids black; lower lids, dark gray; eyes, white with black pupils; beard (?), dark red-violet, gray-violet, dark red and dark gray-yellow; hair at left in strands of violet, dark gray, black, gray-yellow and dark red. Mass of hair (?) at left in violet, black, yellow-brown and dark gray.

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