Standing Female Figure

This statuette stands rigidly, with feet represented by a short, rounded projection at the top of the tang. The arms project horizontally forward from the elbows. There is a small circular pit in the body next to the left arm. The back of the head and body is completely featureless. A large head, rising from a low neck, features a prominent beak-like nose with a horizontal groove for the mouth beneath it and deeply recessed eyes. The head is crowned by a truncated conical cap or headdress with four horizontal grooves and a fifth groove separating it from the forehead. Short oval ears, both of which are pierced, project sideways from the head. There is a break in the right ear.

This statuette is probably a votive offering. Its gender is indeterminate. The enlarged head with prominent beak-like nose and recessed eyes relates it to 1992.256.42.

David G. Mitten