# Statuette of a Goddess

- By: Ancient Greek
- Date: 600-580 BCE
- Medium: terracotta
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 18.2 × 7.7 × 6.8 cm (7 3/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
- Culture: Dhodhóni
- Credit line: George W. Sheldon Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13981)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/4dde5d77-67d1-7006-e33c-5ba39027419f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This terracotta sculpture was fashioned from locally abundant clay in Boeotia, situated to the northwest of Athens. The standing female wears a tall headdress and a painted necklace with a pomegranate pendant, which suggests that she depicts either Demeter or Persephone, goddesses of the harvest and agricultural fertility, respectively. Statuettes like this one were created in great numbers, probably as gifts to the gods or to be placed in graves.

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