Treschietto

This female stele statue without a head was found in 1969 in the cemetery at Treschietto ( Bagnone , MS ) . It belongs to group B and dates to the Eneolithic Age ( between 3400/3300 and 2300/2000 b.C. ) . The body is more or less rectangular and the rounded neck very long and thick . The collar-bone ribbon is rather narrow and in relief ; the arms are slightly bent at the elbows ; the hands are close together and shown by parallel lines , the thumb is lightly bent ; the breasts are protruding and the nipples are faintly etched . A choker ,shown as a pile of rings , covers all the neck .
This stele statue is kept at the Pontremoli Museum , together with a copy .