The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Female Figurine

c. 1500–500 BCE
Overall: 9.8 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.)

Description

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.
  • “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218. Mentioned: p. 163 www.jstor.org
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1993.203