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Resonox R
Resonox Dec 10, 2011 12:33:19
Replying to theglueman

Certainly a depiction of child-bearing hips...but there is no facilities for wet-nursing/suckling...so fecundity rather than nurturing might be the idea behind the imagery...just an idea.
The tapered "cone head"....I wonder if something was designed to slot over this in the style of bobble-head figurines of today???

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Dec 10, 2011 12:54:48
Replying to Resonox

Resonox wrote:
Certainly a depiction of child-bearing hips...but there is no facilities for wet-nursing/suckling...so fecundity rather than nurturing might be the idea behind the imagery...just an idea.
The tapered "cone head"....I wonder if something was designed to slot over this in the style of bobble-head figurines of today???
I was thinking the same about the tapered heads as they don't appear to have features on them. Why not a childs doll with interchangeable heads?

M Megalithics
Megalithics Dec 10, 2011 19:22:02
Replying to Resonox

Resonox wrote:
The tapered "cone head"....I wonder if something was designed to slot over this in the style of bobble-head figurines of today???
This figurine is very similar to those found in Malta from about the same timeframe. A lot of care is taken with the styling of the bodies but the head is often rudimentary, sometimes non-existent, or just a stump nipped between finger and thumb to give a crude shape.

Strangely, on Malta they also have "bobble head" figurines, Known as "fat ladies "these are later and are mostly depicted as seated and wearing skirts, there is a hole in the neck area where interchangeable heads with spigot bottoms can be fitted and secured with a pin. These figurines have very detailed faces and hair.

The later figurines are defintely concerned with reproduction, as babies are often shown behind or underneath the skirt.