Female figurine of the post-canonical type

Post-canonical figurines are thus named because they depart markedly from the strict proportions and artistic conventions common in all "canoncial" figurines of the Early Cycladic II period. This is a characteristic example with bulky head, facial features crudely rendered in relief and by incision, stumpy body with carelessly worked parts, and arms folded diagonally instead of the standard horizontal position with the left over right. Post-canonical figurines date to the very end of Early Cycladic II and represent the last attempts by Cycladic sculptors to render the human form in a naturalistic way - albeit short of any artistic inspiration. In the next - Early Cycladic III - period, Cycladic craftsmen would produce only schematic figurines. This female figurine was allegedly found together with the figurine of a warrior/hunter, also exhibited in the Museum of Cycladic Art (NG0308). They share common stylistic traits and may have been produced by the same artist or workshop.