Statuette of a Male Votary with Conical Helmet and "Cypriot Shorts"
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureCypriote
Datec. 550-520 BCE
Mediumlimestone with traces of red paint
Dimensions16 11/16 x 6 7/16 x 3 5/8 in. (42.4 x 16.4 x 9.2 cm)
Classificationssculpture
Credit LineGift of W. A. Whitaker
Object number60.14.5
DescriptionThe thin figure has a short neck, broad, angular shoulders, and lightly modeled pectoral muscles. The arms are rounded, but the elbows are not carved. The fists have large, thick thumbs, but simply rendered fingers. The back is flat and roughly worked, the buttocks schematic. The technique of carving soft limestone is evident in the tool marks: marks of a flat chisel are visible 70 (60.14.5) throughout—long strokes on the long surfaces (0.3–0.7 cm wide), shorter marks of the same width on the “shorts”—and marks of a wider chisel on the back (1.5–4.0 cm wide).On View
On viewCollections
Unidentified artist
306 - 281 BCE
