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Standing Female Figure
8th Century BCE3 3/4 x 13/16 x 3/8 in. (9.5 x 2.1 x 1 cm)
Unknown, Syrian
Syrian
Syrian; made in Hama
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Ivory
Credit Line:
The C. Herbert Ocumpaugh Collection
Accession Number:
1928.334
Location: Currently on view
Collection:
The C. Herbert Ocumpaugh Collection
Syria and Palestine (Canaan) were the crossroads of the ancient world. Local artists borrowed and adapted the cultural influences of traders and traveling craftsmen, and created a composite decorative art style of great individuality. This figure, which might represent the Canaanite goddess Astarte, has thick curly hair suggestive of the wigs worn by the Egyptians.
[Gallery label text, 1995]
[Gallery label text, 1995]
Provenance
C. Herbert Ocumpaugh, Rochester, NY (1864-1929); his gift to the University and the Gallery in 1928
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- C. Herbert Ocumpaugh Collection of Egyptian and Graeco-Roman antiquities 2/7/1929 - 3/31/1929
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Schlossman, Betty L.. Article Title: Four Ancient Female Figurines in the Memorial Art Gallery. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 6 Issue Date: 1983. Page Number: 1-12, Figure Number: 5a-b, p. 6
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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Web Links
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Ocumpaugh property at 51-55 Main Street East
Note from the Rochester Images project, direct url: http://photo.libraryweb.org/carlweb/jsp/DoSearch?databaseID=716&count=10&terms=19789&index=z
"The Ocumpaugh family was prominent in Rochester for many years. E. Ocumpaugh sold ready-made clothing from a shop at 71 Main Street in the 1840s. Later the "Ocumpaugh Building", occupied a space on the south side of the west end of the Main Street Bridge into which the "Y" moved in February 1876. In the mid-1920s, C. Herbert Ocumpaugh presented his collection of Egyptian and Eastern-Mediterranian antiquities to the Memorial Art Gallery."
"The Ocumpaugh family was prominent in Rochester for many years. E. Ocumpaugh sold ready-made clothing from a shop at 71 Main Street in the 1840s. Later the "Ocumpaugh Building", occupied a space on the south side of the west end of the Main Street Bridge into which the "Y" moved in February 1876. In the mid-1920s, C. Herbert Ocumpaugh presented his collection of Egyptian and Eastern-Mediterranian antiquities to the Memorial Art Gallery."