Such figurines were perhaps meant to represent deities associated with fertility or motherhood. Many were found in graves, so they may have played a part in funerary rituals. Surviving at a height of 43 cm, the statue would have measured almost 1 metre when complete. It may have been used as a cult statue. This type of figurine does not show the head of the figure.
Some examples bear incised detailing for anatomical features like genitals.
The care taken to repair this object after it was damaged suggests the value, material or symbolic, such items must have had for their owners. B.C. White marble. This example is over 18 cm high, although others in the N.P. Goulandris collection are taller. They are worked with great patience and skill, as can be shown by the translucent neck, reflecting the light. B.C. White marble.