Acrolith
a sculptured figure having the head and extremities of stone and the torso of other material.
Historical Examples
acrolith, ak′ro-lith, n. a statue of the earlier Greek artists having the trunk made of wood and the extremities of stone.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
noun
(esp in ancient Greek sculpture) a wooden, often draped figure with only the head, hands, and feet in stone
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