Check out this marble statuette, from one of the 40 graves at the Chalandriani site, Syros island, early Cycladic period 2700-2300 BC. I was struck by her confident stance. She’s about 9 inches tall. Archeology Museum, Hermopoli. Mine 13/9/26

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Cycladic Head Sculpture
carved stone, painted
c. 2500-2300 BCE
Early Cycladic culture
Cyclades, Greece

Well preserved example showing that these figures were originally brightly painted, not sheer white as so many have become over the centuries.

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