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| Keywords: Minoan - Snake Goddess - Walters 23196.jpg This statue of a snake goddess has been carved with a drill and flat chisel The upper part is dowelled into the lower The goddess wears a tall headdress with a snake wound around it Her hands are pierced to hold snakes The headdress is broken off and the upper part has been repaired The lower part has been restored with plaster 1600 BC black steatite H of upper part cm 14 5 ; H of lower part cm 14 9 accession number 23 196 38074 Gruel date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 place of origin Crete in Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Snake Goddess Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
