Female anthropomorphic statuette discovered at Ştefănesti-Stânca Doamnei, Botoşani County, Romania, in 1974. Cucuteni Culture, phase B. Registered at the Botoşani County Museum. The statuette is preserved almost entirely, having the sole and the body. The head is missing from ancient times. Its position is vertical. The fabric is of good quality, it has been burned oxidizing, it has brick color. The item is broken above the breasts, in the shoulder area. The body is flattened, the breasts are small, barely sketched through two oval swellings. The waist is narrow. The hips are over-sized and each has a transverse perforation. The abdomen is slightly swollen (showing a possible pregnancy) with the umbilicus marked by a semi-perforation that does not reach beyond the abdominal wall. Immediately below the waist, there is a very shallow incision, which is intended to delimit the hips from the body of the statue. The buttocks are oversized and they were made by deliberately adding material after modeling the statuette. The lower part has the appearance of a “bell” dress, which narrows towards the bottom, and then opens slightly at the base. Both at the front and the back the legs are marked through an incised line, very slightly deepened into the fabric. On the front, the line continues the horizontal one that marks the hips and is drawn slightly negligently, with a stick. On the dorsal side, the line starts from the buttocks’ area and it goes slightly to the left, to the ankle part, where the artifact has the smallest diameter. The artifact was probably modeled on a circular wooden support and it is hollow. The trace of the circular support is visible in the radiography. All over the exterior surface, the statuette shows traces of lines painted in red and black, but given the deterioration of the decor, it cannot be reconstituted. The clay from which it was made is of good quality, a fine paste, very well kneaded, and few inclusions, which are visible only as a result of the radiography, in the area immediately above the foot. The surface of the artifact was smoothened very well before painting. The sole is flat, with the circular perforation centered. Dimensions: Preserved height= 147 mm; Shoulder width= 67 mm; Shoulder thickness= 23 mm; Hip width= 72 mm; Maximum diameter= 78 mm; Diameter of the sole= 74 mm; Base perforation diameter= 17 mm.
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