Detail View: The AMICA Library: Statuette of a Woman: 'The Stargazer'
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1993.165
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Anatolian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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probably from Anatolia (the Asian part of modern-day Turkey)
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Title:
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Statuette of a Woman: 'The Stargazer'
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 3000 BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-3005
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Creation End Date:
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-2995
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Materials and Techniques:
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marble
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Classification Term:
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Sculpture-stone
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Classification Term:
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Sculpture-stone
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Style or Period:
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probably from Anatolia (the Asian part of modern-day Turkey)
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 17.2cm x 6.5cm x 6.3cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1993.165
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Nelson Rockefeller (published); Melba Davis Whatley Greenlee (confidential); Leonard Stern (confidential)
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1993.165.tif
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