SculptureAnatolian3rd millennium BCE
Schematic Idol
c. 2700 BCE-c. 2100 BCE
Dimensions
8.9 x 4.9 cm, 0.5 cm (3 1/2 x 1 15/16 in., 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
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