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Statue of a Mourning Woman

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Date: 300–275 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta with polychromy (organic pink, iron-based red pigment, black)
Culture: South Italian (Canosan)
Department: Sculpture
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: d68bfa32-5b6f-417a-8e27-d1e43fd4ceb0

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The standing female figure advances to her left and raises her hands, clearly defined with fingernails, in a gesture of lamentation. The tilted head turns toward her left and her lean, oval face features a high forehead, furrowed eyebrows, eyes with etched pupils and irises, an accentuated nose, and a sharp chin. The mouth, with its lower lip projecting more than the upper, is stretched in an expression of sadness. The figure wears a chiton with a vertical pink stripe on the proper left side and a himation with a fringed border worn as a shawl draped over the bust. This type of costume is also found on figures painted on Apulian vases. An “H” sign is incised into the himation. The position and weight of the figure are similar to those of the three other members of this group (85.AD.76.2-4).

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