Geometric III

Chlorite pendant in the form of the head of a Black African

This is the earliest image of an African in the collection of the Greek and Roman Department at the Museum. Overall: 3/16 x 1 x 3/4 in. (0.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm)

Classification

Object type: Jewellery
Material: StoneSteatite
Findspot: Amathus
Date: 899 - 700 BC

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Accession No.

74.51.5010

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Amathus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIV.2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1550, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1988. Blacks in Ancient Cypriot Art. no. 8, Houston: Menil Foundation.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 581, p. 403, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.