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Male torso with a cord belt

Male torso with a cord belt

about 1500 B.C.
Torso of a Minoan male athlete or warrior; chest tapers to slim waist, tightly wrapped in a cord belt that snakes up front and back of mid-section. A diagonal strip, now broken, was affixed to the belt's front, representing a sheath and dagger. Break at right shoulder extends to back.
Period
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III - Late Minoan I A
Date
about 1500 B.C.
Culture
Early Aegean, Minoan
Dimensions
H: 14.00 cm W: 9.00 cm
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number
1992.465
Image Source
boston_mfa
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