Votive Statuette of a Goddess (Primary Title)
Figurine of a Woman (Alternate Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The flat, boardlike depictions of women that appeared in 6th-century Boeotia are called “Pappas” idols, although they may have been votive dedications rather than objects of worship. Many of the statuettes are ornamented with pomegranates, a fruit associated with the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, queen of the underworld.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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