More Votive Figurines

Goddess or priestess, you decide.

Strong and fearless, regardless.

At right and below, from Cretan refugee settlements in Cyprus after the Mycenaean invasions.

 

head and torso of barebreasted woman with heavy necklace

 

Ceramic figurine with
bell-shaped skirt from
Peleketo Cave, Crete

 

 

Another ceramic figurine
with upraised arms

 

This is an older prototype for
the ceramic figurines,
circa 2000 BCE, predating
the faience snake dancers.

 

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