{"id":"cma-155759","titulo":{"en":"Statuette of a Serving Girl","es":"Estatuilla de una joven sirvienta"},"titulo_original":"Statuette of a Serving Girl","autor":"Unknown maker / Autor desconocido","fecha":"c. 1323–1186 BCE","cultura":"Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasties 18–19","tecnica":"terracotta, originally painted","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.107","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.107/1991.107_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Statuette of a Serving Girl","se_ve":"Centered against a smooth, dark gray background that lightens toward the bottom, a small terracotta figure stands upright, photographed from the front with soft light coming from the left. It casts a thin, diagonal shadow to the right, over the flat surface on which its single, tiny foot rests. The clay is matte, tan to medium brown, with fine cracks, dark stains, small pits, and worn areas; no paint survives, although it was originally painted. The girl is nude, with an elongated body, small breasts, a rounded, slightly protruding belly, very wide hips, and a navel marked by a small, deep depression. Her legs are not separated into two volumes: they form a long, smooth triangle that narrows down to one small foot, with only incised lines suggesting the separation. Her head is shaved and tall, almost pointed, with a thick lock of hair falling down one side. Her face has closed, slit-like eyes beneath marked brows, a short nose, and barely suggested ears. Her right arm is disproportionately long and curved like a handle, with the hand resting on her hip. With her left arm she holds, against her chest, an irregular cup or jar with a chipped rim. The overall impression is both human and object-like, fragile and simplified.","contexto":"This terracotta statuette, originally painted, comes from Egypt during the New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-19, dated to about 1323-1186 BCE, according to the Cleveland Museum of Art. It belongs to a select group of hand-modeled figurines of which no more than a dozen are known. Their slit-like eyes, exaggerated hips, triangular delineation of the legs, and finger-pressed navel suggest that all were made in the same workshop. In Egyptian artistic conventions, the girl's nudity and sidelock indicated youth. Its exact function is unknown; it has been suggested that it magically served the deceased in the tomb, but that remains unproven.","como_mirarla":"First look at the contrast between her closed, slit-like eyes and the jar she holds out, as if she were serving someone without looking. Then follow the very long right arm: its curve makes the body resemble the handle of a vessel. Finally, notice how the legs merge into a single point; that simplification changes a figure of service into an almost abstract object.","dato_curioso":"A verifiable fact from its source: no more than a dozen statuettes of this type are known, and their shared details suggest they all came from the same workshop.","preguntas":["What does it change in our reading that such a young, nude figure was made to serve, perhaps even after death?","Why simplify the legs into a single tapering form while modeling the belly, hips, and jar in greater detail?","What stories can a handmade object tell when its exact function is still unknown?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Estatuilla de una joven sirvienta","se_ve":"En el centro, sobre un fondo gris oscuro y liso que se aclara hacia abajo, se levanta una pequeña figura de terracota fotografiada de frente, con luz suave desde la izquierda. Proyecta una sombra fina y diagonal hacia la derecha, sobre la superficie plana donde se apoya su único pie diminuto. La arcilla es mate, de un café claro a medio, con grietas finas, manchas oscuras, hoyitos y zonas desgastadas; no conserva pintura, aunque originalmente estuvo pintada. La muchacha está desnuda, con el cuerpo alargado, senos pequeños, vientre redondeado y un poco saliente, caderas muy anchas y el ombligo marcado por una hendedura pequeña y profunda. Las piernas no están separadas en dos volúmenes: forman un triángulo largo y liso que se estrecha hasta terminar en un solo pie pequeño, con apenas unas líneas incisas que sugieren la división. La cabeza, rapada, es alta y casi puntiaguda, con un mechón grueso que cae por un lado. El rostro tiene los ojos cerrados, como rendijas bajo cejas marcadas, nariz corta y orejas apenas insinuadas. El brazo derecho es desproporcionadamente largo y curvo como un asa, con la mano apoyada en la cadera. Con el izquierdo sostiene, contra el pecho, un cuenco o jarrita irregular de borde roto. El conjunto se ve humano y a la vez objeto, frágil y simplificado.","contexto":"Esta estatuilla de terracota, originalmente pintada, procede de Egipto durante el Imperio Nuevo, dinastías XVIII y XIX, y se fecha hacia 1323-1186 a. C., según el Cleveland Museum of Art. Pertenece a un grupo selecto de figurillas modeladas a mano del que se conocen no más de una docena. Sus ojos como rendijas, las caderas exageradas, las piernas delineadas en forma triangular y el ombligo hundido con un dedo sugieren que todas se hicieron en el mismo taller. En las convenciones del arte egipcio, la desnudez y el mechón lateral indicaban juventud. Su función exacta no se sabe; se ha sugerido que servía mágicamente a la persona difunta en la tumba, pero no está comprobado.","como_mirarla":"Mira primero el contraste entre sus ojos cerrados, como rendijas, y la vasija que ofrece, como si sirviera sin mirar. Después sigue el brazo derecho, larguísimo: su curva hace que el cuerpo parezca el asa de un recipiente. Al final, nota cómo las piernas se funden en una sola punta; esa simplificación convierte a una figura de servicio en un objeto casi abstracto.","dato_curioso":"Un dato verificable de su fuente: se conocen no más de una docena de estatuillas de este tipo, y sus rasgos compartidos sugieren que todas salieron del mismo taller.","preguntas":["¿Qué cambia en nuestra lectura que una figura tan joven y desnuda haya sido creada para servir, quizá incluso después de la muerte?","¿Por qué simplificar las piernas en una sola forma afilada y modelar con más detalle el vientre, las caderas y la vasija?","¿Qué historias puede contar un objeto hecho a mano cuando todavía no se sabe para qué servía exactamente?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["ancient egypt","new kingdom","terracotta","hand-modeled sculpture","serving girl","youth","sidelock","offering vessel","funerary magic","nudity","fragility","service"],"es":["egipto antiguo","imperio nuevo","terracota","escultura modelada a mano","joven sirvienta","juventud","mechón lateral","vasija de ofrenda","magia funeraria","desnudo","fragilidad","servicio"]},"objetos":["figurine","jar","sidelock","navel"],"colores":["#8a6a52","#a68a6f","#6e5a48","#4b4b50","#2e2e32"],"animo":["sereno","antiguo","íntimo"],"epoca":"c. 1323–1186 BCE","certeza":"alta","advertencias":["desnudo","figura juvenil desnuda","posible objeto funerario"],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"I pause on this matte terracotta in light brown, with fine cracks, dark spots and tiny pits that reveal its age. I note that today it keeps no paint, although it was originally painted, and its surface is worn. Its fragility moves me: the broken rim of the jar held against the chest, the tiny single foot supporting it and the thin shadow it casts. As a hand modeled piece from the New Kingdom, between 1323 and 1186 BCE, its preservation is a miracle.","es":"Me detengo en esta terracota mate color café claro, con grietas finas, manchas oscuras y hoyitos que cuentan su edad. Veo que hoy no conserva pintura, aunque originalmente estuvo pintada, y que su superficie está desgastada. Me conmueve su fragilidad: el borde roto del cuenco que sostiene contra el pecho, el pie diminuto que la sostiene y la sombra fina que proyecta. Como pieza modelada a mano del Imperio Nuevo, entre 1323 y 1186 a. C., su conservación es un milagro."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"I see it as a small figure floating against a dark gray background that lightens downward, like a sky at dusk. Its elongated body, with very wide hips and legs forming a smooth triangle down to a single foot, looks like a stylized constellation. I am intrigued by its tall and almost pointed head, shaved with a thick sidelock to one side, and its eyes closed like slits. It holds a little jar against its rounded belly, as if offering something to the universe.","es":"La veo como una pequeña figura que flota sobre un fondo gris oscuro que se aclara hacia abajo, como un cielo al anochecer. Su cuerpo alargado, con caderas muy anchas y piernas que forman un triángulo liso hasta un solo pie, parece una constelación estilizada. Me intriga su cabeza alta y casi puntiaguda, rapada con un mechón grueso a un lado, y sus ojos cerrados como rendijas. Sostiene una jarrita contra el vientre redondeado, como si ofreciera algo al universo."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"It looks like a little clay doll the color of coffee with milk that is naked and has very big hips and just one tiny foot. Its head is shaved and ends in a point, with a thick little sidelock hanging to one side and its eyes tightly closed as if it were asleep. One arm is super long and curved like a handle and rests on its hip, and with the other it hugs a little jar with a broken rim. It makes me feel tender because it looks fragile and tiny, but also strong.","es":"Parece una muñequita de barro color café con leche que está desnuda y tiene las caderas muy grandes y un solo pie chiquito. Su cabeza es pelona y terminada en pico, con un mechoncito grueso colgando a un lado y los ojos cerraditos como si estuviera dormida. Un brazo es larguísimo y curvo como un asa y lo pone en su cadera, y con el otro abraza fuerte una jarrita con el borde roto. Me da ternura porque se ve frágil y chiquita, pero también fuerte."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"What matte brown colored material is the figure made of and how many visible feet does it have at the end of its triangle shaped legs?","es":"¿De qué material mate color café está hecha la figura y cuántos pies visibles tiene al final de sus piernas en forma de triángulo?"},"pista":{"en":"Look at the base of the triangular figure, it is made of fired clay and ends in a very small point.","es":"Mira la base de la figura triangular, es de barro cocido y termina en un punto muy pequeño."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What irregular object with a broken rim does the young woman hold against her chest with her left arm?","es":"¿Qué objeto irregular con el borde roto sostiene la joven contra su pecho con el brazo izquierdo?"},"pista":{"en":"It is not part of her body, it is something she hugs and it looks like a container for liquids.","es":"No es parte de su cuerpo, es algo que abraza y parece servir para contener líquidos."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"On her shaved head, what thick detail falls to one side that according to Egyptian conventions indicated youth?","es":"En su cabeza rapada, ¿qué detalle grueso cae por un lado y según las convenciones egipcias indicaba juventud?"},"pista":{"en":"It is like a thick lock of hair on the side of her tall and pointed head.","es":"Es como una colita de pelo gruesa a un costado de su cabeza alta y puntiaguda."}}],"conexiones":["Egipto en el Imperio Nuevo y dinastías XVIII y XIX","terracota modelada a mano y pintura perdida","símbolos de juventud como desnudez y mechón lateral","ofrendas y vasijas en el contexto funerario","magia para servir al difunto en la tumba","fragilidad material y conservación de arcilla","talleres artesanales con rasgos compartidos como ojos en rendija y caderas exageradas"]},"salas":[],"escrita_por":"muse-wonder-1.0"}