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Title: The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941 Evans, Joan, 1893-1977
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Publisher: London : Macmillan and Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Fig. 359. Back View of FaienceFigure of Snake Goddess, (c. f) 502 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.
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Fig. 360, a, b. Faience Figure of Votary (or Double) of Snake Goddess, (c. f) M.M. Ill: THE SNAKE GODDESS AND RELICS 503 position. The skin here is pure white, the bodice a dark orange with purplish-brown bands, and the rest of the dress shows designs of the same purplish-bi-own on a pale -ground. These represe»*atlons, including the back view shown in Fig. 361, give a good idea of the costume.The Votary wears a skirtof many flounces over whichis the same double apronand the sleeved bodice, cutaway so as to expose thebosom and laced in front.Round her waist in place ofthe snakes is what appearsto be a tight-fitting metalbelt into which the lowerborder of the bodice istucked. The lines adoptedare those considered idealby the modern corset-makerrather than the sculptor Vand the effect is that of afashionable Court lady. The double apron, whichin fact represents a primitivegarb common to both sexes,may perhaps be regarded asa ritual survival. But thecostume on the whole mustbe that of t

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