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Female votive figure, Psi type
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic III B Period
about 1350–1200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height x width: 7.1 x 3 cm (2 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number54.45
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPsi type. Mycenaean female votive figure. Broad shallow headdress, head featureless except for painted nose and eye; upper body crescent-shaped with narrow vertical stripes; broader vertical stripes on skirt. Buff clay, reddish-brown paint.
ProvenanceAccording to the acquisition paperwork: said to have been found with 54.42-44 in a grave in Attica; by 1954: with Charles L. Morley, Oberalpina, St. Moritz, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Charles L. Morley, February 5, 1954, for $ 200.00 (the total price for MFA 54.42-54.45)