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April 3, 2014July 18, 2023 by JIAAW

From the collections: A bread-stamp (Ian Randall)

This item is a circular terracotta stamp, roughly 13 cm in diameter, possibly for leaving an image upon bread. Cast from a mould, it has a sunken figural image in the center, and a banded rope frame around the central image, with another geometric motif along the outer edge (Fig. 1). When pressed into bread,…

February 3, 2014October 5, 2023 by JIAAW

Early Cycladic Figurines

By Gaby Hick This week in class we focused on the sculptures found in the Cycladic Islands of the southern Aegean: the collection of art known as Early Cycladic figures. After reading several analyses that hypothesize about the figures’ form, context, and overall meaning, we discussed in our small group sections our observations and our…