Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry Two girls in fine clothes gather saffron, the symbol of a Minoan goddess and possibly a symbol of new womanhood. Both girls have undeveloped breasts, but wear their heanoses open in front. The girl on the right, in the orange or […]
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry See The Older Saffron-Gatherer for analysis.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3Date: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Loose heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry
Find spot: Santorini, AkrotiriDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tied overwrap, detailed jewelry
Find spot: Crete, KnossosDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, thick waistband, some sort of overskirt. The decoration of the overskirt suggests to me that rather than depicting a real garment, the surface of the skirt is used to show a landscape with saffron flowers.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tiered skirt, apron
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, some kind of overskirt. The skirt is reconstructed.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1500 BCE Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Heanos or jacket with exposed breasts; some kind of overskirt. The images are small, but may depict women wearing jackets and skirts with no heanos.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with exposed breasts, viewed from the front
Most of the fresco is reconstructed. The details below show most of the parts that are extant. Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos without overskirt; kilt worn over tiered skirt; male kilts
Find spot: Date: ca. 1525-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with vertical lines, kilt