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Weight on left leg, left foot drawn to side. A variant of the drapery arrangement of 06.1138, with the right arm down, and diagonal stretched folds from one hand to the other. Hair waves back from central part, with loose cluster of curls at nape. Plaque base.
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Title: Terracotta statuette of a woman
Period: Hellenistic
Date: early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, probably Attic
Medium:
Terracotta; Fabric: fairly fine reddish orange (2.5 YR 6/6) with small dark and sparkling inclusions.
Slip, paint: white slip.
Method of manufacture: moldmade.
Back, venting: back moldmade, detailed; pinhole vent beside left elbow.
Dimensions: H. 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1139
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