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Female idol
Greek
Archaic Period
625–550 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia?
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson
Accession Number18.459
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionSchematic draped female figure with flat, board-like body and outspread atrophied arms. Dress with with bands of painted ornament: cross-hatching, a kind of meander pattern with reversed Z forms separated by squares, dots, undulating lines, Ss, and a long-necked water bird with spread wings. Hat (polos) has painted vertical stripes. Painted curls of hair appear below.
Provenance1918, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 12, 1918)