Acrolith

Greek etymology: acros and lithos, English translation: "extremity" and "stone".

Similarly, chryselephantine sculpture used ivory instead of marble, and often gold on parts of the body and ornaments.

Acroliths are frequently mentioned by Pausanias (2nd century AD), the best known example being the Athene Areia ("Warlike Athena") of the Plataeans.

"If such statues were draped, only the visible areas of the body, the head, feet and hands needed to be rendered in an attractive material, namely stone.

In areas where there were no native sources, marble was costly since it had to be imported and was therefore reserved for the principal or visible parts of a figure that represented flesh.