Getty Villa, Forms Large and Small

Because the Getty Villa specializes in displaying J. Paul Getty's extensive collection of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquies, the museum has some permanent exhibits and some changing exhibitions.

This terracotta sarcophagus is part of the funerary sculpture exhibit. It is quite large and intricately carved.

There are two matching blocks of stone with elephants carved into them hung on the walls on either side of the hallway into one of the exhibition rooms.

These two small statues were in the Animals in Antiquity exhibit.

Woman feeding chickens

The coloring on this bird interested me.

In Women and Children in Antiquity permanent display cases, there were hair ornaments and jewelry. I found the intricate work on this comb brooch stunning.

No display of Women and Children would be complete without a painting or statue depicting the fiber work women have always done. Here is a statue of a woman spinning fiber. The pieces she is holding in her hands are missing, but it is obvious that she is spinning with a drop spindle.

Of course I would find the ONE piece in the museum that had a connection to FIBER in some form.

Tomorrow--Getty Villa Gardens.