Description
This smiling female figure has her hair tied up to one side, wound around with an embroidered strip of cloth. She stands akimbo with her upper garment removed and tied in a loose looped knot at her side. A broad girdle holds up her clinging, diaphanous skirt. She has the ideal female form of a young mother, and since she holds a spear, she may have served a protective function.
Provenance
Frederick M. Mayer [1899–1974], New York, NY, by descent to his son, Robert J. Mayer (?–1974); Robert J. Mayer (1974–?); (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985–)
Accession Number
1985.106
Medium
ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 4 x 1.7 cm (3 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Classification
Ivory
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
