Head from a votive statue

16.5.72.136

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Fothergill sculpture collection

125 limestone sculptural pieces from Cyprus, donated to us by Captain Fothergill in 1872.

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About this object

A small female head from a votive statue. The woman has flat, deep sunk eyes with broad, flat eye lids and low arched eye brows. Her nose is broken and the thin lips are smiling. Her hair covers her ears on the side and may have been arranged in a sakkos at the crown of the head. She is wearing a wreath of slender leaves and there is a thin line of hair in the forehead. The back of the head is very flat.

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Object specifics

Type

Religion
Culture

Cypriot
Artist/Maker
Place made
Date made

5th Century BC late - 4th Century BC early
Materials

Limestone
Location

Item not currently on display
Acquisition

Gift of Captain Fothergill
Collector

Captain Fothergill
Place collected

Europe: Southern Europe: Cyprus
Date collected

1872 before
Measurements

100 mm x 75 mm
Related people

Capt Fothergill ( Collector)

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Publications

Some Limestone Heads from Cyprus in the Liverpool Public Museums
Droop, John Percival

Author: Droop, John Percival
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Date: 1931-03
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