Art Institute of Chicago
Female Figurine with Topknot
Japan
- Date
- 1000–300 B.C.
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Jōmon figurines vary greatly in size, manufacture, and refinement, and they are often found broken, as if they have been thrown away. Noticeable in this figurine are the elaborate hairstyle and the patterns on the shoulders. The hairstyle along with the appearance of breasts would indicate that the figurine is meant to represent a female figure. Such figures are thought to have been used as part of rituals relating to childbirth, though the nature of those rituals and why the figures are often found broken is unknown.
The authoritative record is held by Art Institute of Chicago. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Linked open data
Authority identifiers that link this record into the wider web of cultural data — stable references you can follow to the source.
- Object type
- AAT300312158
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions.
Partial Figure of a Pregnant Women
Art Institute of Chicago
Figurine of a Female
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Fragmentary Neolithic standing female figurine
Getty Museum
figurine féminine
Joconde
Statuette of a Young Woman
Getty Museum
Fragmentary Neolithic seated female figurine
Getty Museum
Female Head
Getty Museum
Female Head
Getty Museum
Female Head
Getty Museum
Female Head
Getty Museum
Working Girls
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Female Head
Getty Museum