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Female Idol (cult figure)
Artist unknown2nd period 6th millenium BCE
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Female figure in soapstone, painted brown and red. The figure stands with her arms akimbo and her hands laid on her belly. Voluptuous bodies with exaggerated bellies and buttocks characterize the depiction of female deities in the Neolithic period. This carefully crafted sculpture is identified as an idol, a figure presumably bearing cultic significance.
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Details
- Title: Female Idol (cult figure)
- Creator: Artist unknown
- Date Created: 2nd period 6th millenium BCE
- Type: Sculpture
- Medium: Soapstone
- Inv. no.: (MVF) XIb 1824
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Claudia Plamp
- Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Kaukasus und Vorderer Orient, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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