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Earth Goddess With Snakes Analysis
The Earth Goddess with Snakes is a very unique sculpture that is designed of a woman that is standing with her shoulders firm and her arms out to her side at an angle holding a snake in each hand. Her long triangular floor length skirt seems to be made up of cloth panels with each layer going upwards getting shorter in length; an apron like item going over her from front to back. Above the apron like item there is a metal belt securing her waist. Her upper portion of her body is exposed at the chest showing her bare breasts. It appears that she may have long hair. A beret like hat covers the top of her head with a bird that sits on top of it. This golden ivory figurine was founded in the treasury of the Knossos Palace in 1600-1580 BCE.
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