COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1993.165
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Anatolian
Creator Name-CRT:
probably from Anatolia (the Asian part of modern-day Turkey)
Title:
Statuette of a Woman: 'The Stargazer'
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 3000 BC
Creation Start Date:
-3005
Creation End Date:
-2995
Materials and Techniques:
marble
Classification Term:
Sculpture-stone
Classification Term:
Sculpture-stone
Style or Period:
probably from Anatolia (the Asian part of modern-day Turkey)
Dimensions:
Overall: 17.2cm x 6.5cm x 6.3cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1993.165
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund
Provenance:
Nelson Rockefeller (published); Melba Davis Whatley Greenlee (confidential); Leonard Stern (confidential)
Context:
This statuette is the earliest sculpture of the human figure in the Museum. Whether it is a cult object or a funerary figure is unknown. The preliterate Stone Age civilizaiton that produced it left not written records. This type of figure is called a stargazer because its tiny eyes look up towards the heavens, a source of divine forces for most ancient sculpture.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1993.165.tif
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