3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A chlorite figure modelled as a female standing wearing a floor-length robe with incised herringbone pattern, arms held at the front of the body and hands palm-upwards; shallow mounting socket for a separate head. Similar item (lacking hands) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.1989.281.41. 994 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of an East Sussex gentleman; acquired from the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK, who worked for the Anthropology and Archaeology Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge; collected between the 1970s and 1980s. Condition Report Fair condition; one shoulder abraided.