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Kouros Statuette; Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund; ca. 1988-1989 AD; CC8

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleKouros Statuette

About this objectLong known as Apollos, kouroi often represent the deity or any other god to whom they were dedicated. Early examples were of colossal size, others stood as memorials, and smaller examples could be offered in sanctuaries.

This figurine is a cast of an original kouros which was found in the Stadium at Olympia and may have been a dedication in honour of a young victor in an Olympic sports competition. This statuette is presented in athletic or heroic nudity – immortalising a male youth as he might have appeared in the palaestra. He is crowned with a radiating coronet alluding to his successes. As a young victor, there was no greater honour than to be crowned with a kotinos, a champion's olive wreath.

MakerMinistry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund

Maker RoleCasting and Copying Workshop

Date Madeca. 1988-1989 AD

PeriodArchaic

Place MadeGreece; Athens

Place NotesOriginal manufactured in Olympia

Medium and MaterialsPlaster

Style and IconographyArchaic

TechniqueCasting (process)

MeasurementsHeight 200 mm
Weight 150 gm

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LinePurchased, 1979.

Object TypeFigurine

Object numberCC8