Female Brettidol, donation by Dr. Hans Calmann (Hamburg), clay, hand modeled, painted (ceramic), fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: cm; Width: 8 cm; Depth: cm, ceramic, woman, ornaments, middle archaic, Greek antiquity, In the archaic period, Brettidols were mainly common in Boeotia, occasionally also in the Argolis. They reflect older forms, which possibly take up ancient cult images in board form. Jewelry and festive garments point to important models, for example, in Boeotia the festival of Hera in Plataiai, the so-called Daidala, could be associated with the figures.

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