Figurine of a woman, Phi B type
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic III A Period
about 1300 B.C.
Dimensions
11.7 x 4.8 cm (4 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
1986.508
Medium or Technique
Terracotta
Not On View
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Classifications
Round body, fairly low waist and slender stem. Body is thin, with long applied plait running down the spine. Hair decorated with horizontal lines which contrast the wavy vertical lines of the back. Buff clay and slip with reddish-brown paint.
Provenance
By date unknown: Betty Bartlett McAndrew Collection; bequest of Betty Bartlett McAndrew to MFA, October 22, 1986
Credit Line
Bequest of Betty Bartlett McAndrew