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11"h Bonded Stone and Polyresin, Hand-finished, Marble base
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Nile River Goddess
Brooklyn Museum, New York
3600 B.C., Egyptian
Sale Price $59.
Shipping and Handling $11.00
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The image of the bird Goddess appeared in Egypt in
early predynastic times (4000 B.C.) as funerary figures with strongly beaked
faces and wing-like arms and hands. The painted terracota figures, less
than a foot high and much alike, were found in graves in Mohamerian, near
Edfu. They serve as superb blend of bird, woman and deity. From the deepest
recesses of time, women were recognized as the life-givers and sustainers.
They were revered as priestesses.
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