Cut-out plaque representing a musician
Cut-out plaque bearing a painted decoration on the obverse. The specific item is a typical example of Archaic art found in the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. The plaque portrays a seated woman in profile. She has her feet placed on a footstool and she holds a musical instrument, probably a formix (ancient string instrument resembling a guitar). She wears a long, lavishly decorated garment that bears compact triangles, swastikas, scale-shaped motifs, and spiral patterns attributed in white, rich purple and mauve. The female figure wears a polos headdress, while a coiled earring, a necklace with beads and her sandals complete her official costume.