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Marble female figure

3200–2800 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151
The figure wears a headdress; on later works, the headdress is painted rather than incised. The pairs of holes in the neck and right leg are ancient repairs from which the "clamp," of metal or another material, is missing.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble female figure
  • Period: Early Cycladic I
  • Date: 3200–2800 BCE
  • Culture: Cycladic
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1945
  • Object Number: 45.11.18
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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