Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'C.F.' in red in on the back. Could reference Campo Fiorella in the Grossa area of Corsica.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
Rectangular handwritten paper display label for 1926.603-604 reads: '4 fibulae, pendant & stone figurine. Corsica. Clarke gift.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'From the collection of the late Dr Charles Forsyth-Major. F.R.S. F.Z.S. Lot 264 a of the sale of his collections at Stevens's Auction Rooms. 30.XI.26. Purchased by the donor'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Small figurine of green stone, representing a plump female figure, no arms and no legs below knee. The head is represented by a round knob, the features roughly incised; the upper part of the trunk by another larger rounded knob and the body from the waist to the thighs by a third. A moulding across the head suggests a hood or hood-like mode of hairdressing; an incised triangle on the upper part of the body may represent the arms folded across the breast; the female organs also indicated by incised lines
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Dr C. Forsyth Major in 30 11 1926.
Event Date 30/11/1926
Author: maa

Context (Other)
Cf. 1927,0207.1 held at the British Museum detailed in Grosjean, R. (1963), 'Art pré- et protohistorique mobilier de Corse, Corse historique archéologique – littéraire – scientifique, (ancienne Revue d’études Corses), 9-10, Fédération historique de la Corse, p. 5-17.
Event Date 19/3/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Female figurine in green stone with facial features and limbs indicated by grooved lines. The face is recessed, suggesting a hood or hairstyle covering the back of the head. Two deep grooved pits at either side of waist.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe