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.
