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| Keywords: Greek - Amazon - Walters 54972.jpg Walking with the left leg in advance and the head turned to the right raising the garment with the left hand The right hand may have held a bow The turn at the hips is crudely expressed; the back of the figure is shapeless and lacking in detail The biceps are well developed The face is flat with a chin too short but has finely wrought features The upper eyelid extends over the lower at the outer corner The costume is a sort of peplos with a bib on the front formed by folding the garment at the top The bib is incomplete at the left A narrow belt encircles the waist The hair falls in a mass at the back with two locks falling over the left shoulder but none over the right; hair is visible on the forehead under the corners of the helmet The legs right arm and part of the helmet are missing This figure may well have filled the space below the arch which connected the legs of a tripod Similar figures were found on the Acropolis at Athens Mon Ant vii 1897 cols 306f ; De Ridder Bronzes sur l'Acropole p 327 ff nos 815-817 century 6 BC cast bronze H cm 14 8 accession number 54 972 9225 Leon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 place of origin Crete in Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
