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The Greek Cycladic Islands, in the southwestern Aegean Sea, were settled during the late sixth millennium B.C. The islands are rich in marble and obsidian, and between about 4500 and 2200 B.C. the inhabitants began to produce marble vessels and, especially, human figures. Little is known about the meaning of the figural sculptures, commonly discovered in graves. The figures are predominantly representations of women, and were originally articulated with color to indicate details such as eyes, hair, a headdress, or a tattoo. This Cycladic Head reproduces an original marble head (ca. 2700-2500 B.C.) in the Metropolitan Museum of the early Spedos type. Figures of this type are often roundly modeled with broad heads tilting upward.

Licensed reproduction, made from cast marble, hand patinated. Height including base 13.75"H x 5"W x 3.75"D.

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