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"Doll" or Dancing Woman with Articulated Limbs

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Small terracotta doll with moveable arms and legs. Her head and body are one continuous piece, with the arms joined to the shoulders by pieces of metal. The arms are long and straight, and only the thumb is detailed. The legs are attached to the inside of her dress with string. The legs are made of one continuous piece, without any detail around the knee, though they are wider towards the middle of the leg. The legs end in undetailed, rounded feet, which have been broken and reattached at the ankles. The head is carved to show a nose, chin, and slight mouth, yet the eyesockets are not deeply carved. Her hair appears to be pulled back into a pointed style behind her head. The terracotta is rough and the reddish color remains only in a few places, such as her neck, left arm, and sides.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Ionides Collection London (by 1913). Miss Bettina Kahnweiler Cambridge MA (by 1935) gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
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Title: "Doll" or Dancing Woman with Articulated Limbs
Description:
Small terracotta doll with moveable arms and legs.
Her head and body are one continuous piece, with the arms joined to the shoulders by pieces of metal.
The arms are long and straight, and only the thumb is detailed.
The legs are attached to the inside of her dress with string.
The legs are made of one continuous piece, without any detail around the knee, though they are wider towards the middle of the leg.
The legs end in undetailed, rounded feet, which have been broken and reattached at the ankles.
The head is carved to show a nose, chin, and slight mouth, yet the eyesockets are not deeply carved.
Her hair appears to be pulled back into a pointed style behind her head.
The terracotta is rough and the reddish color remains only in a few places, such as her neck, left arm, and sides.

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