Violin-shaped Figurine

Violin-shaped figurines – thus named because their profile resembles that of a violin or fiddle – are the most common type of schematic representation of the human body in the Early Cycladic I period. Developed from the violin-like figures of the Neolithic Age (5300-3200 BC), they are usually small, very thin, with a long rod-like projection denoting the head and neck, and two wide notches at the sides forming the “waist” of the body.