Female figurine of a double-pipe player
Datelate 5th-early 4th c. BCE
Periodmid-Classical
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found at" Kouklia, "the ancient" Palaepaphos, Cyprus
MediumTerracotta (moldmade and handmade)
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2073
This musician holds and plays a double-reed pipe, an aulos, which is strapped to the face. An aulos player made a continuous sound similar to that made with a bagpipe, but without the bag. The thick arms holding the instrument contrast with the figure’s delicately molded face.
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600-540 BC
1650-1450 BCE