Hi Joanne, Barnes Takeout will indeed continue after we reopen. The schedule will move to one day a week with new videos going up every Friday at noon starting July 31 :)
Very interesting! Yes, what indeed was it's purpose and use??!! Fun to imagine. Surely something common in that long ago culture. Another interesting takeout on a centuries old sculpture. Thank you!
I recently acquired an antique pendant of this figurine, looks almost exactly the same except mine has rings in the ears and a baby in one arm, the first thing I thought is that it looks a bit alien / extraterrestrial. It’s such a quirky pendant I instantly loved it. It’s stamped on the side with 835 and an ant symbol…wish I knew where it was made but I can’t find anything online for it
This was a very thought provoking talk that immediately sent me down a "google rabbit hole." I wonder if this piece may be a visual representation of an Ancient Greek expression," Bird's Milk", which can refer to someone who possesses an abundance of items, often rare, or impossible? In any event, I will be checking this lady out when I return to the Barnes. Thanks, Carl.
Dr. Carl, thanks for your discussion of this enigmatic and haunting figurine. A goddess? Perhaps. A tutelary object? Again, perhaps. All I know is that strange bird face will never leave me!
What an excellent Takeout Carl, she’s beautiful and had I not found out her age I would have thought her modern! Very intriguing, thanks for such an interesting insight.
It is possible that the holes on the sides of the head were used to attach something that served as hair. Perhaps real human hair or grass. Sometimes statues were clothed in dresses or at least capes in many cultures. In women's workshops we have made Intuition Dolls similar to this. In South America Pacha mama Dolls were common and the owners dressed them. They were used for prayers, ceremony and just for fun.
I appreciate your honesty about how art historians sometimes really don't know what an object is and may lump things into easy categories like fertility objects. I wonder if this was a toy like a rattle; it looks like it would be nice to hold in your hand.
I enjoy hearing and thinking about different interpretations.
Please keep doing Barnes Takeout and the online classes even after the museum! reopens
Hi Joanne, Barnes Takeout will indeed continue after we reopen. The schedule will move to one day a week with new videos going up every Friday at noon starting July 31 :)
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Very interesting! Yes, what indeed was it's purpose and use??!! Fun to imagine. Surely something common in that long ago culture. Another interesting takeout on a centuries old sculpture. Thank you!
Thanks, Carl. Love your brutal honesty. The truly wise person knows how and when to say, “we just don’t know”. Great job, as always.
Wonferful commentary. Thanks.
I recently acquired an antique pendant of this figurine, looks almost exactly the same except mine has rings in the ears and a baby in one arm, the first thing I thought is that it looks a bit alien / extraterrestrial. It’s such a quirky pendant I instantly loved it. It’s stamped on the side with 835 and an ant symbol…wish I knew where it was made but I can’t find anything online for it
This was so thought-provoking. Barns Takeout makes my day every day.
This was a very thought provoking talk that immediately sent me down a "google rabbit hole." I wonder if this piece may be a visual representation of an Ancient Greek expression," Bird's Milk", which can refer to someone who possesses an abundance of items, often rare, or impossible? In any event, I will be checking this lady out when I return to the Barnes. Thanks, Carl.
Dr. Carl, thanks for your discussion of this enigmatic and haunting figurine. A goddess? Perhaps. A tutelary object? Again, perhaps. All I know is that strange bird face will never leave me!
What an excellent Takeout Carl, she’s beautiful and had I not found out her age I would have thought her modern! Very intriguing, thanks for such an interesting insight.
I wonder if those are not ears, but maybe Wings..... the bird is flying right towards the viewer
It is possible that the holes on the sides of the head were used to attach something that served as hair. Perhaps real human hair or grass. Sometimes statues were clothed in dresses or at least capes in many cultures.
In women's workshops we have made Intuition Dolls similar to this.
In South America Pacha mama Dolls were common and the owners dressed them. They were used for prayers, ceremony and just for fun.
I appreciate your honesty about how art historians sometimes really don't know what an object is and may lump things into easy categories like fertility objects. I wonder if this was a toy like a rattle; it looks like it would be nice to hold in your hand.
I knew you would need my help one day interpreting an object :)