Clay figurines of Minoan goddesses with upraised arms CC BY-NC Ann Wuyts via flickr. Postpalatial period (1200 BC). Photo taken at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete.
Some have birds in their diadem. Also, the “poppy goddess”, nicknamed this because her diadem is decorated with pins in the shape of poppy heads of the papaver somniferum (from which opium is produced).
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Minoan clay figurine at the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion with birds on her diadem. Via enthusiastical. Karphi, Crete, Greece. Postpalatial. 12th century BC.
Beaded Crown (Ade) of Onijagbo Obasoro Alowolodu, Ògògà of Ikere 1890-1928. Basketry, beads, cloth, 37 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (95.9 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Frederick Loeser Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 70.109.1a-b. CC-BY Brooklyn Museum 70.109.1a-b_PS2.jpg. This bead-embroidered crown, the ultimate symbol of Yoruba kingship, is the product of a complex global story.
Fig. 39. Experimental data and petroglyphs. (Left) Plasma pinch instabilities. (Right) Petroglyphs relating to birds atop posts and on the heads of man-like figures. The plasma pinch photo at the bottom has been digitally stratified for clarity. The cathode is at the top.
