Administered by United States General Services Administration Real Property Management and Safety Division 26 Federal Plaza New York New York 10007
Located United States Customs House Cornice New York New York
Date:
1907
Notes:
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 11.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Summary:
Figure of a woman holding a boat in front of her. She wears a Greco-Phoenician headdress with two discs at the sides of her head. On her upper torso is a short armored breastplate, with two discs on the breasts. The figure is meant to symbolize Phoenicia, an ancient maritime country of southwest Asia consisting of city-states along the eastern Mediterranean in present-day Syria and Lebanon.
