SculptureAnatolian3rd millennium BCE
Schematic Figure
c. 2500 BCE
Description
This flat, roughly violin-shaped figure has a finly polished surface. It combines the traits of different schematic figurine or idol types: the head resembles the Kusura type and the body resembles the Beycesultan type. This combination of types is also referred to as the "Afyon Type."
Dimensions
H. 16 x W. 8.7 x D. 0.2 cm (6 5/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Schimmel, Long Island, NY, (by 1964), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
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