File:Minoan - Snake Goddess - Walters 23196.jpg

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Snake Goddess   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Minoan)Unknown author
Title
Snake Goddess
Description
English: This statue of a snake goddess has been carved with a drill and flat chisel. The upper part is dowelled into the lower. The goddess wears a tall headdress with a snake wound around it. Her hands are pierced to hold snakes. The headdress is broken off and the upper part has been repaired. The lower part has been restored with plaster.
Date 1600 BC
Medium black steatite
Dimensions H of upper part: 14.5 cm (5.7 in); H of lower part: 14.9 cm (5.8 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
23.196
Place of creation Crete in Greece
Object history
  • Gruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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