The repertoire of figurines in the Chalcolithic period includes schematic, cruciform and steatopygous examples. In the latter type, which is the most naturalistic, the female figure is normally represented in a squatting pose, with conspicuous genitalia and the arms on the chest or the usually swollen abdomen. These features undoubtedly allude to fertility, even though their precise symbolism remains elusive (according to some researchers the state of pregnancy is rendered). The example here, in black steatite, was probably used as a pendantamulet, as suggested by the two small suspension holes at the point where the elbows bend. The figurine comes from the Paphos region. Similar figurines in clay were found in pits –possibly of ritual function– under the floor of a house in the so-called ‘Ceremonial Area’ at the site of Kissonerga-Mosphilia and have been dated to the Middle Chalcolithic period (ca.3000 BC).