Detail View: The AMICA Library: Standing female figure wearing a strap and a necklace
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1998.380
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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This image may have been used in connection with fertility rituals. It represents the beginning of a long sculptural tradition in southwestern Arabia, characterized by extreme simplification and by the containment of the figure within a rectangular space.
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Arabian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Southwestern Arabia
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Title:
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Standing female figure wearing a strap and a necklace
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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3rd?early 2nd millennium B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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0
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Creation End Date:
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0
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Materials and Techniques:
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Sandstone, quartzite
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Style or Period:
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Bronze Age
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Creation Place:
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Southwestern Arabia
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Dimensions:
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H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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1998.380
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Fletcher, Louis V. Bell, and Rogers Funds, and The Tokyo Shimbun and Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1998
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_1998.380.tif
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