Terracotta female musician, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Terracotta female musician

Musicians appear frequently among Cypriot limestone and terracotta sculptures. In real life, one of their major functions was to accompany dancers, ritual and secular. One of the figures plays a tambourine, the other probably a triangle. The style of the tambourine player is associated with a sanctuary at Kamelarga in Larnaca; that of the other musician probably also. H. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)

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74.51.1679

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