Collection

Plaster cast of neolithic mother goddess

Made:
1920-1930

Plaster cast of neolithic mother goddess, copies of originals from Malta, European, 1920-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A602830
Materials:
plaster of paris
type:
statues

Parts

Plaster cast figure

Plaster cast figure

Plaster cast figure, with individual fingers visible

Materials:
plaster
Object Number:
A602830 Pt1
type:
cast and figure
Plaster cast figure with right forearm missing and pigtail down back

Plaster cast figure with right forearm missing and pigtail down back

Plaster cast figure with right forearm missing and pigtail down back

Materials:
plaster
Object Number:
A602830 Pt2
type:
cast and figure
Plaster cast figure with broken stomach

Plaster cast figure with broken stomach

Plaster cast figure with broken stomach

Materials:
plaster
Object Number:
A602830 Pt5
type:
cast and figure
plaster cast figure with undifferentiated thighs

plaster cast figure with undifferentiated thighs

plaster cast figure with undifferentiated thighs

Materials:
plaster
Object Number:
A602830 Pt7
type:
cast and figure

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