ID: 700008622 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008622	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Female Figure of the Kilia Type (statuette (figurine); unknown Near Eastern (Anatolian); 4500/3500 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 88.AA.122)

Note: Female figures were made throughout the Aegean basin during the prehistoric period, including in the region of ancient Anatolia (present-day Turkey). This figure is an early example, predating related figures of the Cycladic region. She represents a highly stylized standing nude female. Her bulbous head, long neck, and flat body are characteristic of the Kilia type of female figurines, named after the village in Turkey where the first examples were found. The facial features are only schematically rendered, but areas such as the eyes would originally have been enhanced by paint. The ears and nose, by contrast, are defined by carving. Chalcolithic female figures were probably connected with the cult of a fertility goddess; on this example, the pubic area is emphasized by incision.

Titles:

Female Figure of the Kilia Type (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,)

Female Figure (Star Gazer) (H,U,D,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statuette (figurine) [300047455] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

antiquities (preferred)

Creation Date: 4500/3500 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Near Eastern (Anatolian) [preferred,VP]

unknown Cycladic (Cycladic cultural designation) [500203178]

unknown Anatolian (Anatolian cultural designation) [500202836]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 88.AA.122

Address Note: Currently on view at: Getty Villa, Gallery 217, Prehistoric and Bronze Age Arts

Other: Creation: Asia Minor [7002294] Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 14.3 × 5.4 × 3.6 cm (5 5/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 7/16 in.)

Cultures:

Anatolian (preferred)

Near Eastern

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Chalcolithic [300019273] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>, three-age system, transitional periods Stone Age to Bronze Age)

	Kilia type [300419365] (style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Anatolian (culture or style), Anatolian sculpture styles)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	fertility [300379149]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts) (AAT)

	human females [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	nude (representation) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Female Figure of the Kilia Type	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Female Figure (Star Gazer)	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) updated 26 June 2020, https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12948/unknown-maker-female-figure-of-the-kilia-type-near-eastern-anatolian-4500-3500-bc/