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Gallo-Roman sculpture, Musee de l'Arles Antique, Arles, France

Acroterion, or decorative pedestal, representing a theatrical mask, with curled onkos hair and open mouth, oversized and exaggerated for use as a stage prop, Gallo-Roman, 1st century AD, excavated in Les Baux-de-Provence in 1836, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Acroterion, or decorative pedestal, representing a theatrical mask, with curled onkos hair and open mouth, oversized and exaggerated for use as a stage prop, Gallo-Roman, 1st century AD, excavated in Les Baux-de-Provence in 1836, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen