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The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Salpe




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Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Heritage Floor; detail), 1974–79. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster, 48 x 48 x 48 ft. (14.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 m). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photograph by Jook Leung Photography

Salpe
Flourished before the 3rd century B.C., Lemnos, ancient Greece

There are half a dozen references to a "Salpe obstetrix" in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (A.D. 77). She was apparently a physician and medical writer who favored the use of bodily fluids as curatives.

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Last updated January 29, 2007.
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