Bird-Headed Female Figure

Place of OriginLevant

Date1st millennium BCE

DimensionsH: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); W: 1 3/4 in. (4.1 cm); Depth: 1 3/8 in. (3.1 cm)

MediumEarthenware.

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family

Object number

2006.80

Not on View

DescriptionStylized standing female figure with angular, bird-like head. The lower part of the body is a flat rectangle on a splayed foot. The arms and hands with articulated fingers are raised to her chest as if cupping her breasts. Around the neck is a two-strand necklace marked with sharp diagonal cuts in the clay. The eyes are made of double discs of applied clay coils with a pierced center. A headdress, or plaited hair, includes locks hanging down the sides of the neck and a coil of hair on the back of the head.

Published ReferencesFragments of Time, Ancient Art XXXV (2003) No. 2a.