Right forearm and hand of a statue holding a branch and wearing a short-sleeved tunic
Datelate 6th to mid-5th century BCE
Periodlate Archaic
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesSaid to have been "disinterred, with many tons of other fragments of statues, from the ruins of the temple" at Golgoi, Cyprus
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1845
Dedications of vegetal branches appear in sculptural representations of worshippers at Golgoi at the same time that the wreath came into fashion. The scale of this arm shows that it belonged to an over life-size male sculpture. Sculptural emphasis on vegetation points to a celebration of life and fertility.
On View
Not on viewLength: 16 5/16 in. (41.5 cm)
Width: 6.0 in. (15.2 cm)
Thickness: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Middle finger (unclenched)
Length: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Hand
Width (across knuckles): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Plant
Length: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
Width: 3.0 in. (7.62 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown)
Paint: 10R 7/4 (pale red)
Inclusions
n/a
5th–4th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
late 5th–early 4th century BCE
