Archaic II

Limestone Woman Statuette

Part of a limestone figure of a woman. Upper part of statuette of a woman, broken off below the breasts. She wears lappets falling on the shoulders, and over the forehead an upright band or diadem, with upper and lower borders and between them vertical corrugations. The face is carefully worked; the eyes are small and set straight, with grooving around the eyeballs, which protrude; the mouth is small with the corners emphasised, the chin pointed; the nose is injured. The shoulders are wide, the arms seem to have fallen at the sides, the breasts are conical. The trunk is narrow. The back is worked, but has no detail. There are traces of a necklace and possibly earrings rendered in red paint. Dimensions: Height: 11.40 centimetres Object Type: statuette Techniques: painted