caryatid -
a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
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caryatid -
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, used as a support for entablature.
Wikipedia
A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants" (Kerenyi 1980 p 149).
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caryatid A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, for example a pillar.
