Picrolite figure
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The form and material are characteristic of figures from the Chalcolithic (literally "copper-stone") period on Cyprus. These works, found mainly in graves, may have been deposited as offerings or worn as pendants.
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Not on view
The form and material are characteristic of figures from the Chalcolithic (literally "copper-stone") period on Cyprus. These works, found mainly in graves, may have been deposited as offerings or worn as pendants.
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Title: Picrolite figure
Period: Chalcolithic
Date: ca. 3900–2500 BCE
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Picrolite
Dimensions:
2 in. (5.1 cm)
Width: 1 × 5/16 in., 0.2oz. (2.5 × 0.8 cm, 5.671g)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.11.7
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