Female Figure

ca. 2500-2400 BCE (Early Cycladic III)

10.7 cm 41.5 cm 3.8 cm

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Figurines of this type, from the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, have been found almost exclusively in tombs. Although it was first believed that these so-called "idols" represent deities, they probably should be interpreted more broadly as representations of "femaleness."...

Sculpture

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31097
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Henri Seyrig, 1950s or 1960s [mode of acquisition unknown]; Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, Switzerland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.
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en
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