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Megalithics Dec 11, 2011 17:28:56
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tjj wrote:
Do you have a link for your post about the Maltese figurines -
Sorry, no general link on the Maltese "fat ladies", we found out about these from reading and several visits to the Archaeological Museum in Valletta, they have an extensive collection of the figurines on display.

We have photographed nearly all of the exhibits in the museum, but at the moment the only figurine we have up is an early "rudimentary head" figurine found at Mnajdra temple 2.

http://megalithics.com/europe/malta/mnajdra/mnajdra2/mnj2ffig.htm

Although this figurine has emphasised breasts and belly there are some early examples with more normal proportions.

M&K

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tjj Dec 11, 2011 18:31:51
Replying to Megalithics

Megalithics wrote:
tjj wrote:
Do you have a link for your post about the Maltese figurines -
Sorry, no general link on the Maltese "fat ladies", we found out about these from reading and several visits to the Archaeological Museum in Valletta, they have an extensive collection of the figurines on display.

We have photographed nearly all of the exhibits in the museum, but at the moment the only figurine we have up is an early "rudimentary head" figurine found at Mnajdra temple 2.

http://megalithics.com/europe/malta/mnajdra/mnajdra2/mnj2ffig.htm

Although this figurine has emphasised breasts and belly there are some early examples with more normal proportions.

M&K

Thank you for that, a fascinating subject.

Way off the scale in terms of time-span (the Somme figurines are thought to be only 6,000 years old) I've been looking at the Hohlefels Hohle figurine.
The earliest undisputed artefact known at 35,000 - 40,000 years old. And yet not that dissimilar, there is a hole where the head should be - so perhaps a amulet.

http://www.donsmaps.com/hohlefelsvenus.html