Female Figurine
Unknown Artist
c. 1500–500 BCE
Medium
earthenware with pigment
Dimensions
9.8 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Art of the Americas
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1993.203
About this artwork
This delicately beautiful figurine portrays an adolescent girl wearing only boots, a belt, jewelry, and cinnabar paint. The sensitive modeling of the face and body is enhanced by the meticulous detailing of applied elements such as the coiffure and belt.