A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of ...

The gold figurine, which is roughly 9 inches (22.9 ... This gold figure may represent a woman, since it was more common to mark a sculpture with nipples for female statues than for male statues ...

The figurines were likely deposited as ritual offerings before the construction of a building. Archaeologists believe the female figures attest to the power women wielded as their city struggled ...