11-25-2012, 08:52 PM
Quote:What -- dare one ask -- is the young lady supposed to be doing?!
I really don't know! And I don't recall the museum display giving any hints either.
She appears to be wearing at least the bottom half of one of those Roman 'bikinis', as found in London and shown on the Piazza Armerina mosaics. Perhaps she's holding a spare pair in her hands?
At a guess, she might be a pearl diver - the sack across her shoulder to hold the oysters. But it's all very obscure...
Nathan Ross