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Phantasm
Directed by Don Coscarelli (1979)

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A bronze statue of a woman, otherwise nude, in the process of wrapping a band around her chest.ALT
A bronze statue of a woman, otherwise nude, in the process of wrapping a band around her chest.ALT
A teracotta statue of a woman, otherwise nude, in the process of wrapping a band around her chest.ALT
A marble statue of a woman, otherwise nude and missing her head, arms, and legs below the knee, with a band wrapped over her breasts.ALT
A marble statue of a woman, otherwise nude and missing her head and one arm, with a band wrapped very low over her breasts.ALT
A marble statue of a woman from the waist up, wrapping a band tightly over her breasts.ALT
A terracotta lamp depicting a seated woman with two winged cupids helping her to wrap a long strip of fabric around her chest.ALT
A mosaic of three women, all wearing bands around their breasts and loincloths, engaged in various athletic activities. The first appears to be lifting small weights, the second is holding up a disc, the thirst is running.ALT
A fresco of a crouched woman, with her hand on her hip, wearing a narrow red breast band.ALT
A fresco of a woman, crouched over a prone man, wearing a breast band and nothing else.ALT

Strophia in Ancient Art

A strophium (or strophion) was a band of cloth worn around the chest in the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds to support or shape the breasts.

  • Bronze Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Private Collection.
  • Bronze Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Private Collection.
  • Terracotta Figurine of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 1st Century BC. Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.
  • Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Roman Museum, Merida, Spain.
  • Statue of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Bronze Statue, Roman (?). Museum Burg Linn, Krefeld, Germany.
  • Terracotta Lamp Depicting Cupids Helping Venus Tie Her Strophium, Roman.
  • Mosaic of Women’s Athletics, Roman, 4th Century AD. Villa del Casale.
  • Erotic Fresco, Roman, 1st Century AD. Suburban Baths, Pompeii.
  • Erotic Fresco, Roman, 1st Century AD. The House of the Centenary, Pompeii.

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Monsters | 1988-1991

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Motel Hell (United Artists, 1980)

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“Ancient Egyptian rich people house
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merelygifted:

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Ancient Egyptian rich people house

@danskjavlarna - As my grandma would say, “How’s that grab ya?”  :)