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Fragment of drapery
Pentelic marble
Height: 15cm
Width: 8cm
Width: 8cm
Museum number: M579
On display: Museum South Passage
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This large-scale fragment is a well carved double fold of the hem of a vertically hanging cloak or skirt. The nature of the carving suggest origin as either the shoulder and arm drapery of a larger standing statue or the end of the himation or cloak of a seated figure.
Unrecorded.
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