Terracotta figurine of a mother suckling her baby at her left breast (kourotrophos)

Details

• Title

  Terracotta figurine of a mother suckling her baby at her left breast (kourotrophos)

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece (place of creation)

• Date

  3rd century BC (300 - 201 BC)

• Material and technique

  terracotta

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  12 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1930.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 16 | The Greek World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1930.293

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