Figurines ID Number 10475.X2 

Unit: 10475 
 
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Object Type: figurine 
Object Form: figural 
Form: anthropomorphic 
Form Type: human-divided legs 
 
Method of Manufacture: selected/modified 
Manufacture Quality: fine 
Material Composition: single 
 
Primary Fabric: speleothem 
Primary Fabric Color: pale yellow 
 
Period: Neolithic 
Pose: standing 
 
Max Height (cm): 7.51 
Max Width (cm): 4.85 
Max Thicknes (cm): 3.49 
Weight (G): 84 
 
Preservation: complete 
Condition: intact, damaged 
Pieces: 1 
Surface Color: 7.5YR7/6-7/8, staining 
Sex Features: breasts, public triangle 
Sex Interpretation: female, male? 
Details: hair/cap, protruding belly 
Comments: speleothem (secondary calcite growth from a cave or fractured limestone environment) carved into a standing female figure with divided legs (indicated by an incised line), large buttocks, slightly protruding stomach and arms held up to breasts; there is yellow-orange staining on the upper back which is iron impurities from ground water, buttocks, down the back/side of L leg, around neck, face and top of head -- which is natural organic staining; incised lines indicate breast divide, pubic triangle/stomach, and leg divide on front, arms, leg divide, and horizontal detail across upper legs on back; the head and face have been worked/modified, but no facial details were executed or were removed(??); there is a suggestion of hair/cap on head and natural voids are present on the bottom of the legs and between the chest and arms (larger on the L side) and a deep groove on the top of the head; when viewed from the top, the piece is suggestive of a phallus. 
 
 
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