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Marble Female Figurine from the Cyclades in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2007

Marble Female Figurine from the Cyclades in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2007
Marble female figure
Cycladic, Final Neolithic, ca. 4500-4000 BC

Accession # 1972.118.104

This figure represents a rare type known as steatopygous, characterized by particularly full legs and buttocks, and is undoubtedly indicative of fertility.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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