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This thesis identifies an object in the Tufts Permanent Collection as an Etruscan bronze mirror from the 3rd century BCE. My work situates the fragments into the existing canon of Etruscan bronze mirrors, critically positioning it in relation to its comparanda. Through a sustained, archaeological examination of the fragments I assert that the figure is a Lasa and informs our conception of how the ... read moreEtruscans conceived of identity through gender, androgyny, and funerary practice.
Thesis (B.A.)--Tufts University, 2022.
Submitted to the Dept. of the History of Art and Architecture and the Dept. of International Literary and Cultural Studies.
Advisor: Christina Maranci.read less
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