Cycladic Head

Unknown artist

2600-2500 BCE

Marble, hematite

Harvard Art Museums

A stylized marble head sculpture with a smooth, elongated face and a simple neck, mounted on a black square base. A stylized marble head sculpture with a smooth, elongated face and a simple neck, mounted on a black square base. This small marble ovoid head and neck have a backward tilt. The sole facial feature is an elongated, triangular nose in relief. Traces of red pigment in the form of closely spaced red dots appear as ornamentation on the forehead and cheeks, and faint traces of pigment are visible also above the nose and in the incised line separating the head from the neck. The head is set on wooden base.