Venus de Milo
Though further damaged following rediscovery, the reason behind the "Venus de Milo"'s arms being missing in the first place is unknown. There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved right arm. Without arms, it is unclear what the statue originally looked like, but textile archeologist Elizabeth Wayland Barber notes that the posture of "Venus de Milo" suggests that she may have been hand spinning.