Figurine, female, nude. "Bird-like" face, frontal schematized form with long neck, loop arms with hands at waist. Necklace, fingers, pubic triangle indicated by incised lines. Eyes, breasts, and navel indicated by applied pellets of clay. Ears perforated for earrings (now lost). Flat head, beak like nose. Height: 20.9 cm.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Late Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1600–1050 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
height 20.9 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1970-1971 #123: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (April 30, 1971–April 30, 1970), S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972), S1976-1977 #4: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (July 26, 1976–July 26, 1976), S1979-1980 #69: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (May 29, 1980–May 29, 1980), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983), and S2018-2019 #2: Hallie Ford Museum of Art (February 9, 2018–April 28, 2019)