Head
| Artist | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Basic Info | |
| Period | Cycladic period |
| Created in | Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades |
| Century | 3rd millennium BCE |
| Culture | Cycladic |
| Dimensions | actual: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.) |
| Harvard Museum | |
| Department | Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics |
| Division | Asian and Mediterranean Art |
| Contact | am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu |
Context
6 Cycladic Head The body and part of the neck are missing. The surface is worn and lightly incrusted. This fragment from a statuette has flat contours and a pyramidal nose in relief. The head is nearly rectangular. The mouth is indicated by a short groove, and the eyes by narrow depressions. The neck is set back from the face, giving the head a shallow chin. The closest parallels for this head are to be found in two marble idols from Aghios Kosmas, which combine the amorphous and the anthropomorphic Cycladic types. Idols of this general type are known from both the Greek mainland and the Cyclades (Mylonas, 1959, xv, fig. 163). Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson