stola

Female equivalent of the toga. A distinctively Roman outer garment, generally only worn by Roman matrons.

The robe 'worn' by the Statue of Liberty is a stola.

Notable examples

  • Statue of Liberty
    • Depiction of the Roman Goddess Libertas ("Liberty").
    • Wears a stola over a long chiton worn as a slip ("underdress"), with a palla worn as a shawl on top.
    • Generally only the stola is visually discernible in most of her depictions. Avoid tagging her other two garments.
      • When the stola can be visibly discerned ('frills' running diagonally from her left shoulder to her right hip), this is generally enough to tag stola and robe.
      • The chiton may be visible poking underneath the stola 'frills', near the feet region.
      • The chiton may be visible on her right shoulder, poking out of the stola (which leaves her right shoulder uncovered). It may be hard to discern the lines though because the palla also covers that region.
        • In such cases, tag chiton too.
      • The palla may be visible, worn as a shawl over the shoulders.
        • In such cases, tag shawl too. There is no specific tag for the palla yet.
        • Note that most drawn/photo depictions of the Statue generally do not have enough detail to discern the palla.

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