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This is one of a large group of figurines of women variously engaged in preparing food. They were produced in Boeotia during the fifth century B.C. Here a woman leans over a square trough and works a mass of dough into a flat loaf. A dog or pig lies at the base.
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Title: Terracotta statuette of a woman shaping a loaf
Period: Archaic
Date: 1st quarter of the 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Boeotian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall: 4 13/16 x 8 7/16in. (12.2 x 21.5cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1955
Accession Number: 55.11.6
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